Chapter 66: Dressed To Impress
Evanna stood facing the tall, slim mirror and couldn’t believe how different she looked. Gone was her breeches, boots and shirts; even her Dracosbain shirt lay on an armchair next to the wardrobe. She also felt quite bare; her arms were always covered, whether that was by a long-sleeved dress or the shirts she wore.
The light green dress she wore now flowed down lightly, without any corset needed; the material around her bust was thick enough to keep her chest from bouncing when she moved. The design was beautiful but different. It was definitely of elven make, her shoulders were bare, and the sleeves only covered the top part of her arms before they flowed past her waist, revealing her forearms.
Her raven hair shone in long silky tendrils down her back; Rina pulled one side of her hair up and clipped it back, placing a cream rose in her hair along with little flowers she had never seen before scattered in different parts of her thick locks.
Evanna stared back at her reflection and saw an elf in her stead. The light makeup put on her face accentuated her eyes and lips. Rina only put a light pink paint on the princess’ lips and on her cheeks, along with some black liquid styled on her eyelids. Evanna came closer to the mirror, observing Rina’s handiwork, she had never worn makeup on her eyes before, but of course, the elves seemed to have a great deal more than the humans. She decided it looked nice, but she preferred to keep her looks to a minimum; she was not trying to find a husband but to stay alive.
Evanna tried not to grimace at the cut still on her lip and the bruising on the side of her face. Rina wished to put powder on her face, but she refused. She did not care for the dark splotches on her face and hardly wore makeup in the first place.
"* Beautiful*"
Evanna glanced up from her reflection and saw the prince standing behind her. She spun around, alarmed by his words, but feigned ignorance and drew her brows together, "Why am I here, your highness?"
The prince glanced at Rina, who bowed her head and left the room. He walked closer to Evanna, and she took a step away from him. Arawn narrowed his eyes slightly at her action. Evanna asked another question when the prince stayed quiet, "What did you tell Rina?"
Arawn smirked and turned to sit down on the armchair; he paused and grabbed the shirt placed on there. He arched a brow at Evanna, "You wore Dracosbain?"