The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 116

I forced myself to my feet. The tailor, after making sure I was upright and unharmed, immediately rushed from the room to retrieve a towel and a servant to clean the mess.

My soggy notes were beginning to fall apart in my hands, to wet to even maintain their paper shape.

“Linda,” I said, going to her.

She scrunched her nose as I came close, as if the very sight of me disgusted her. I was disheveled now, true, with my gown damp in some places and my hair a mess. But even so…

“Can I have those names again?” I asked. I knew she had written them down same as me.

She quickly hid her notepad from my sight. “If you lost those names, then this is on you, Piper. You need

to learn to take responsibility.” She narrowed her eyes. “We wouldn’t want anyone to think you had unfair

advantage.”

“It’s not like that,” I said.

She continued on, like I hadn’t said anything. “At least half of our table will look good, and the royal

will be able to tell who did which half.”

the spirit of the event,” I said.

like the Luna is supposed to.”

are a hindrance, not an adversary. Surely the royal

the door. The other girls all shunned me, except for Susie, who gave me

sympathetic wave.

the fabrics left strewn at the place where we had been,

had decided upon. I tried to

could guess about Linda’s preferences, after having heard them

at least make a compatible half of the table, even if it didn’t match

names I could guesstimate were maybe correct, I rushed down to the kitchen to look through the

one of the King’s servants

summoned to stand in audience with the

that

been ordered to chase me. I doubted I

decided to face my inevitable end. I

led me out of the kitchen and around the

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