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?”

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

wonder about

lowered my head further. 7 personally accept whatever

my compliance might ease my sentence. If the Queen wished

it would be

couldn’t risk Elva’s health. Not yet. Not when she’d

if I may,” Lena

Luna waved her forward. Lena came

in her typical uniform, a high neck navy blue dress with a simple black belt. But

say. I couldn’t

what is to be done with this fool girl, I would like to

The Queen hummed thoughtfully.

indeed,” said the woman on the

one on the right

the left watched me. “She’s confused

the punishment, Lena,” the Queen

forced to kneel outside the palace for

to keep anyone from

death sentence, exactly, though in those conditions, I would sure end up sick and exhausted. Hopefully the punishment did not include a

thing to consider,” said

began. Everyone hushed to

of the competition, we allow

as always, ma’am,” said one woman, with

seemed put out. She didn’t say a

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the evening,” the Queen said. “If you wish not to receive the traditional punishment, you must strive to

Luna.

“Yes, ma’am.”

She waved

through it. Suddenly, I stopped to avoid walking straight into Nicholas. How long had he been standing here? How much

“Where’s Elva?” I asked.

and the nanny.” He pointed to where Elva was happily dancing and Susie was attempting to mimic her wild moves. The nanny

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

to see

run away, but that

in the rain.

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

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