The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 266

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Chapter 266

Ella

A few days later, the second competition for the Luna Trial was announced: etiquette.

“I'm not sure how well I'll do,” Anya said as she practiced her curtsy in front of my bedroom mirror. “I've never

had real training... Just what my mom taught me.”

“I can teach you a few tricks,” | said absentmindedly as | rocked a sleeping Lucien in my arms.

Anya whirled towardwith wide eyes. “You'd really do that?” | nodded, and she furrowed her brow. “Have you

had etiquette training?”

Of course | had. It was the number-one thing my father drilled into my head from a very young age. A future

Luna had to know how to curtsy, how to pour tea, how to hold cutlery the right way and all of the other things

that cwith the job.

Instead of playing in the grass and climbing trees like a normal child, | was practicing how to walk with a book on

my head like a diligent little Luna.

Meanwhile, my fucking father couldn’t even be bothered to cto my funeral.

But that was neither here nor there at this point. And so, with a smile, | stood and said, “I've picked up a few

things over the years. Here. Letshow you.”

That day, | taught Anya as much as | could. By the end of the day, her skills were already improving and she was

chattering away about how hard she was going to practice.

A couple of weeks later cthe day of the second trial. | didn’t put much thought into it, figuring that it would

be easy to fumble: trip over my feet a few times, spill stea, slouch a bit. And even if | somehow made it to

the next round, at least | knew | could drop out now.

The other contestants looked nervous as they milled around the estate's grand ballroom, whispering amongst

themselves about proper curtsying techniques and which fork to use for the salad course.

“Oh, this will be easy,” a familiar voice was saying near the windows. I looked over to see Sophia standing with

her gaggle of admirers around her-which was considerably smaller in number for the second trial. “I've been

doing this my whole life. Watch.”

| watched from the corners of my eyes as Sophia picked up a book and set it delicately atop her rather intricate

updo. The other girls oohed and ahhed as she twirled, curtsied, and even crouched to pick something up without

dropping the book.

When she stood, her gaze snapped to me. A sneer stretched across her face at the sight of me, clearly still bitter

about the Queen of the Hunt thing.

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| resisted the urge to roll my eyes.

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How had | ever believed her sob story? Even for a few desperate minutes while | was in labor, I'd actually

considered that she might be telling the truth. That she was trying to protectand Lucien from sterrible

fate.

What a joke. Sophia was the sscheming, self-centered woman she’d always been-Alexander’s perfect

match.

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Sophia wasn't my problem anymore.

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and after today, I'd be out of this trial

for good. | could go to my simple life

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“Ladies,” Alexander's voice cut through the chatter. | turned to see him standing at the front of the room.

“Today's challenge will test your ability to conduct yourselves with the grace and dignity befitting a Luna.”

| forced myself to bite my tongue

before | could blurt out something

cruel. Grace and dignity. As if those

qualities had ever hattered-o him

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when | MES actually his Luna. I'd

spent five years trying to be the

perfect Luna for him, and for what?

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“You'll be evaluated on four tasks,” Alexander continued. “Tea service, formal dining etiquette, ballroom dancing,

and conversation skills. Each task will be scored individually, and the lowest performers will be eliminated.”

With that, we were divided into groups of ten and rotated through different stations around the ballroom. | was

glad to be in Anya’s group so | could give her pointers if she needed them.

The first station was tea service. A

long table had been set up with

delicate china, silveyserying ibe,

apdglaborate tiered stands filled with

tiny sandwiches and pastries. The

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| watched the first few women fumble through the process. One nearly dropped the teapot, another forgot to

warm the cups, and a third served the cream before the tea. Basic mistakes that would have had my etiquette

tutor fainting.

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