The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 50

My throat went dry. “Your Majesty, I had no intention of ”

“Whatever your intention, you have still insulted me,” the Queen said.

I straightened at the shortness of her tone.

I was terribly confused. What had I done that was offensive? Was it because Julian, Nicholas, and I had broken the order of the dances?

But she didn’t even seem to be watching them, if she was hiding away in here.

“The poor child looks confused, Your Majesty,” said one of the women sitting near the Queen.

“She’s common,” said the other woman. “Maybe she truly doesn’t understand how she has disrespected you.”

The Luna considered her friends” words. “Is that the case, girl?”

I didn’t much care for their patronizing tone of voice, but I could deny the truth to their words.

I nodded.

The Luna looked to the woman on her left, then gestured to me.

“It’s your gloves, child,” said the woman.

I looked down at my gloves. They were clean. The seams were straight.

“They are too short,” continued the woman.

All the other women dressed in formalwear wore their gloves up over their elbows. I could see that now, glancing around

Mine stopped mid–forearm.

“You have disrespected me and my family,” said the Queen. “We have accepted you into our home. We have clothed and fed you, and given you a chance in the selection. And this is how you repay us?”

1 bowed my head low. I’m terribly sorry, Your Majesty. I had no idea that –”

“A Luna accepts responsibility. You say you didn’t know. Were you hoping to pass your punishment off onto your maids? Or perhaps your tailor?”

ashamed. She was right. The fault should fall on me alone. I would never

I did wonder about

further. 7 personally accept whatever punishment

my compliance might ease my sentence. If the Queen wished to have me

it would be

risk Elva’s health. Not yet. Not when she’d been doing so

I may,” Lena spoke

forward. Lena came around the couch to

her typical uniform, a high neck navy blue dress with a simple black

say. I couldn’t imagine she would speak

this fool girl, I would like to suggest the traditional punishment for such an

The Queen hummed thoughtfully.

punishment, indeed,” said the woman on the

the right added, “Fitting

on the left watched me. “She’s confused

the punishment, Lena,”

tradition punishment, the offended would be forced to kneel outside the palace for the length of an entire

my hands together to keep

sentence, exactly, though in those conditions, I would sure end up sick and exhausted.

to consider,” said the woman

Queen began. Everyone

competition, we allow the girl the chance to

as always, ma’am,” said one woman, with the other quickly

put out. She didn’t say a word but her frown was

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girl, will depend on your performance for the rest of the evening,” the Queen said. “If you wish not to receive the traditional punishment, you must strive to show the

Luna. Do

“Yes, ma’am.”

She waved me

hurried toward the door and rushed through it. Suddenly, I stopped to avoid walking straight into Nicholas. How long had he been standing here? How much had he

“Where’s Elva?” I asked.

happily dancing and Susie was attempting to mimic her wild

me. If Nicholas had heard what the Queen had said… If he knew the

be happy to see me humiliated, cold and soaked through

away, but that would

in the rain.

I had to take it. I had to be my most

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