Sunny Side Up by Holly Smale

Author:Holly Smale [Holly Smale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2016-05-20T04:00:00+00:00

here’s a first time for everything.

And I think clomping stridently through a dank giant underground crypt to the sounds of wolves howling while wearing a gown of glossy black feathers and a pair of freaking wings is definitely one of them.

Swaying and swishing and trying not to wobble off my velvet platform heels, I move through the dark.

Just ahead, I can see the trailing black ruffled skirt of the girl in front of me, brushing along the stone floor, and behind me I can hear my new French friend clipping along in her even more enormous heels.

Keep walking, Harriet.

The walls are starting to widen now.

As the music begins to get louder, screaming and wailing, we walk and twist round dark corners and the ceiling starts to lift: opening up until we’re in what looks like an underground chapel. Stone arches rise above us and in the dips of grey walls are hundreds of flickering candles. Shadows quiver, the air thickens and simultaneously gets colder, and white crosses are wedged aggressively into the corners.

Condensation drips gently on to the floor.

Crouched against the walls like silent spiders are dozens of black-clothed photographers with enormous cameras, waiting for us quietly: clicking and flashing as we glide by.

Along the sides are black chairs, neatly lined up like a sartorial funeral.

In them are dozens of important men and women, glossy in expensive shades of white and ivory, fur and lace: the royalty of the fashion world. Leaning forward in total silence, holding notepads, watching us intently.

And above us, carved in rock, it says:

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