made her look bruised, and the lipstick was smudged at the corner of her mouth. He

awful," Pea

ou don't. You just need to get

he mirror, eyes filling with

worked so hard on this! I stayed up last night picking that dres

startled. "I... I did

this... You ask for help and then hate everything I do! I try t

ried to explain, bu

e left you in that dumb t-shirt, looking all sad and invisi

, covering her face with

an to hurt Kaylee. Maybe she was bei

and gently touching Kaylee's arm. "I real

udly. "So... you'l

smile. "Yeah...

looked up, her ch

in the janitor's closet for the rest of the d

ly. "Good. I knew

floor, cheeks burning with shame. Every step felt heavy. The

nted t

he co

lee was smili

My god, she... s

to which she could stoop, but these clothes..

ther funny! Like the clown

made Pearl want to shrink; however, Kaylee didn't g

ficially start from 6 pm, and eve

take place in the backyard

t glowed softly against the darkening sky. Tall lanterns st

was set for the Moon Goddess's blessing. The entire place shimmered with e

sly, trying not to look at anyone, but the

she wear

l into a box

ks she'll get a

nd the sticky lipstick made her lips feel wei

heerfully at everyone, act

aid, pulling Pearl forward a

n and run the other

who were laughing at something she said. Her hair was curled perfe

saw Pearl, her

he other girls giggled. "Let's stick from here on since you

t gaze of others. She fetched lemonade;

al servant of Lucy and her friends. From sta

ur before. However, the main stars of the

the ceremony that Camilia arrived in a beau

a French fishtail and styl

y of the girls flocked t

? Is Maya not go

olite smile and

g urgent

g ceremony? Don't tell me she doesn't even

a chu

join later. And Aiden i

fit him perfectly, with silver embroidery along the cuffs and collar, the mark of the royal

epped in, the at

d their backs. Whispered

s he

osh, loo

a prince out

l fr

was even more handsome than she remembered, tall, sharp-jawed,

ed the crowd, sear