1 - Prince of Never: Curse of Fate and Fae by Lorelei Johnson & Hailey Jade

Author:Lorelei Johnson & Hailey Jade [Johnson, Lorelei & Jade, Hailey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Curse of Fate and Fae#1
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

We were jostled around in a sort of wagon, and the woman in red, Asea, told me when the journey began that we were heading to the Unseelie palace for the Hunt Ball. Because it wasn’t enough to have barbaric games and hunt people like animals, they also celebrated with a dance.

The wagons stopped and the chilly sea air rushed at us from the coast, grey clouds hanging on the horizon waiting to take the sky. I barely had time to take in the sight of the palace as the sun lit up it’s gothic features before I was shoved inside with the rest of the tributes like cattle.

We were separated as we walked a long hallway, sectioned off into different rooms by people who seemed to be waiting to grab us. I was bundled into a room by two women in fine dresses and high noses who barely looked at me. They set about tugging my clothes from me, ignoring my protests, shoving me towards a bathtub. They didn’t acknowledge me in the slightest, as if I was nothing more than an object they were preparing for display. Then they washed me, which was perhaps the singularly most uncomfortable and embarrassing experience of my life, and they weren’t exactly gentle about it. When they were done, they sat me in front of a mirror and set about doing my hair and make-up, leaving me shivering in my underwear and wondering how I had any skin left on my bones as they worked.

By the time they brought out clothes, I was so cold and miserable I hardly cared what they were stuffing me into. Looking at my reflection, I looked even less like myself than I had in that strip of fabric Ves called a dress. What did these people have against clothes that had a shred of modesty about them?

My hair was twisted up in an intricate design, studded with jewels that glimmered like snowflakes, a few golden wisps allowed to kiss my neck. My dress was a deep, shimmering blue accented with silver, and it sparkled like the night sky. The straps were draped over my arms, and there were splits in the fabric between my breasts and up to my thigh. The amount of flesh exposed made me feel like a trophy on display. I wouldn’t have been surprised if they placed me on some kind of pedestal and expected me to stand like doll for people to gawk at.

I let out a sigh.

Having decided that I was ready, the women began to push me out of the room again, bustling me down various corridors and stairways without giving me a moment to get my bearings or look around. Finally, we stopped in front of a large doorway which seemed far too big to be practical by any measure. They fussed over me as if they were going to be judged on how well I looked. I felt like a poodle in a dog show, and I could feel my brows beginning to furrow in irritation.

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