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?”

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

about

personally accept whatever punishment you deem

ease my sentence. If the Queen wished to

would

Not yet.

I may,”

her forward. Lena came around the

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

couldn’t imagine

“As you consider what is to be done with this fool girl, I

The Queen hummed thoughtfully.

said the woman

the right added, “Fitting

the left watched me.

Lena,” the

offended would be forced to kneel outside the palace for the length of an

together to

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

a thing to consider,” said the woman on the

the Queen began. Everyone

in the spirit of the competition, we allow the girl the chance to redeem

as always, ma’am,” said one

out. She didn’t say a word

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

a Luna. Do you

“Yes, ma’am.”

She waved me

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.

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

the

see

run away, but

in the rain.

had to be my most

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