Chapter 0157

On the night of the Second Ball, Charlotte helped me add the finishing touches to my costume.

My sheer butterfly wings hung close to my shoulders, not extending too far, just enough to show. My hair was up and mostly hidden under a sea of brightly colored flowers. My mask covered most of my face.

leaving only my mouth and chin exposed.

Looking in the mirror, I barely recognized myself. I doubted anyone else would either. Despite what he

said, I even had my doubts about Nicholas.

Charlotte handed me my gloves one by one as I slid them on.

“Tonight, you can be anyone,” she said.

No one would know me. No one would know that I’m the outsider tonight. I would simply be part of the

group.

I nodded, unsure what to say. I didn’t know how that made me feel. I wasn’t ashamed of who I was, but I

would feel like to belon

wolf costume, ran circles around the bedroom. She

at the Nanny and then at Mark, who

looking dapper tonight, wearing a crisp tuxedo with Prince Nicholas’s insignia

attending the ball himself, alongside the nanny, to help

know each other. If we spent too

be able to guess

Elva a hug. It would hurt me to have to pretend not to know her, though I

eye on her myself. If she needed me, I would be

damned.

mind so much. She hugged me tightly, her lanky arms around

Then she

a little. “If

she said, and patted my arm, like I had

alright.”

of course. She was in very good hands,

myself.

first. After waiting

path.

said at

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