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

I did wonder about why

head further. 7 personally accept

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

would be

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

Majesty, if I

waved her forward. Lena came around the couch to stand beside

navy blue dress with a simple black belt. But tonight, even

Lena would say. I couldn’t imagine

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

The Queen hummed thoughtfully.

punishment, indeed,” said the

on the right added,

left watched me.

punishment, Lena,”

me. “For the tradition punishment, the offended would be forced to kneel

hands together to keep anyone

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

said the woman on the

Queen began. Everyone

the spirit of the competition, we allow the girl

said one woman, with the other

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

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the evening,” the

a Luna. Do

“Yes, ma’am.”

waved me

rushed through it. Suddenly, I stopped to avoid walking

“Where’s Elva?” I asked.

the nanny.” He pointed to where Elva was happily dancing and Susie was attempting to

Nicholas had heard what the

happy to see me humiliated, cold and

wanted to run away, but that would only seal my

in the rain.

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

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