Meet The Prince

The next morning, I was dressed in a knee-length silver dress. My name tag was pinned to the thick strap of my dress. The pleated, frilly skirt part of the dress had diamonds inlaid in it. There was a bow sash around the waist that had sapphires on the bow. Did any of my ancestors mine for these? I wondered.

Cho had put light blue eyeliner on me to make my ‘dark blue eyes pop’ and Marilyn combed out my black hair and braided a lock of my hair. After getting me ready, they wished me luck and I reminded them to ask about sending food to my family.

Once we were gathered, I looked at the gilded mirror again. It was all so weird to be pampered like this.

“Did you really pick out that dress?” someone asked me. 

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