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

No one would dare speak up over news of the Queen, though

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 today.”

probably wouldn’t get a chance to redo them. Plus, now I didn’t have a partner.

prior to Linda being eliminated, one table had been forced to include three people. But they had already planned their display. It would be grossly

now.

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

would continue to receive

next roun

not the only news that I have to share,” Nathan said, hushing the

say? Stress rankled my nerves. It had been such a full day, I was ready to call the whole thing a wash and

elimination,”

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

+15 BONUS

next elimination will bring the count down from 14 to 9. But unlike the previous elimination ceremony where performance in events was the key indicator of success, this time there is

do well in events, as well as something else? It was quickly becoming more than I could handle. I had no idea

factor is the princ