The Luna Choosing Game

When we were dismissed for the day, I hurried back to my room. I didn’t feel whole again until I pulled

Elva into my arms for a hug.

Sho had a way of

“What’s wrong, Mommy?” Elva asked. making me feel like the most important person

in the entire world. I was so grateful for that. It gave me the strength I needed to pull myself back

together.

To be her mother, I needed to be whole.

“Nothing now, honey,” I said. “Mommy’s feeling all better.”

Later that evening, Nathan recalled the girls back to the parlor for announcements.

“Attention, please,” Nathan said, claiming the attention of the room. “The Queen is resting now but I’m

that she has mostly

round of applause sounded in the room. No one would dare speak up over news of the Queen, though the anxiety was clear among many of the girls regarding

the garden party event,” Nathan continued. “The royal family has decided, for the sake of fairness, that a second event will be held tomorrow. This even will only be attended by those that had yet to be judged

for me. My treats were tasted, so I probably wouldn’t get a

odd number of us, prior to Linda being eliminated, one table had been forced to include three people. But they had already planned their display. It would

now.

by Linda’s behavior. It hurt, though. I wanted to get into the

least, so that Elva would continue to receive care for as long as

next roun

only news that I have to

a full day,

next elimination,”

Susie whispered. I felt her worry deep down in the pit of my soul. Looking

+15 BONUS

But unlike the previous elimination ceremony where performance in events was the key indicator of success, this time there

needed to do well in events, as well as something else? It was quickly

factor is the princ