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?”

right. The fault should fall on me alone. I would never want to

I did wonder about why my maids

7 personally accept

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

would

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

I

forward. Lena came around

was in her typical uniform, a high neck navy blue dress with a simple black belt. But tonight, even she wore

would say. I couldn’t imagine she would speak up in

be done with this fool girl,

The Queen hummed thoughtfully.

said the woman on

the right added, “Fitting for the

left watched me. “She’s

punishment, Lena,” the

glared at me. “For the tradition punishment, the offended would be forced to kneel outside the palace for the length of

together to keep anyone from

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

thing to consider,” said the woman on

began.

competition, we allow the girl

one woman,

didn’t say a word

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redemption, girl, will depend on your performance for the rest of the evening,” the Queen said. “If you wish not to receive the

Luna.

“Yes, ma’am.”

She waved me

through it. Suddenly, I stopped to avoid walking

“Where’s Elva?” I asked.

Elva was happily dancing and Susie was attempting to mimic

within me. If Nicholas had heard what the

see me humiliated, cold and soaked through

run away, but

in the rain.

me the chance to redeem myself. I had to take it. I had to be my most regal self for the rest

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