The Child Thief 4_Little Lies by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight Press
Published: 2018-11-09T16:00:00+00:00

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Printing our new disguises was made slightly more difficult by the turbulence around the airship, but soon we all looked like different people. In fact, the faces were also different from the ones we had used during our visit to the Gem holding center.

“We’re not wearing the same disguises?” I asked, seeing my eyes in the face of a middle-aged woman with features so nondescript they were immediately forgettable. The clothes Alexy had handed me from a large trunk filled with various outfits were the same: pale, bland, forgettable.

“No,” Corona said, coming up behind me to check her new ensemble in the mirror. She had a new temporary face as well: a sharp, androgynous beauty who exuded an air of untouchable power, bolstered by the outfit she had already been wearing. Her hair was once again hidden by a wig, this one of long, reddish brown hair.

She was stunning, and eye-catchingly so. It was a far cry from the dowdy and nondescript picture I and the rest of the team presented. Surely drawing such attention was a risk? Then again, maybe that was part of her disguise. If she was supposed to be a rich donor, it would mean she had enough money to go through whatever facial improvements she wanted. Every adult I’d known when I was living with the Sylvones had been stunning; artificially so, if they hadn’t had it naturally. It was what the richer class did.

Maybe Corona going into a holding center as anything less than stunningly attractive would have seemed out of character for her class.

“The holding centers do give tours to donors quite often, so my request won’t raise any red flags,” Corona continued. “The same donor and the same group of people going to two different holding centers on consecutive days would be cause for suspicion, though. We might be able to fend it off, but I’d rather we didn’t have to. My cover story and the people who are waiting to support it can only stretch so far. Besides, if they decided to investigate while we were in Asus, it would cause a world of trouble. It’s better if we look like different people.”

I nodded and reviewed the rest of the group. Jace had become less ruggedly handsome, in favor of a more polished and sophisticated look. The eyes, as ever, were the same, glowing with humor as he grinned at me in recognition of the ridiculous situation in which we found ourselves. Despite the different face, the different smile, my stomach flip-flopped at the look, and I could feel myself blushing furiously, so I quickly turned to the others and tried to distract myself.

Gabby had been made to look just a bit older than she really was, her hair haphazardly twisted into two long braids. She did not look happy about the new face and was pouting like a child, complete with chubbier cheeks than her own.

Alexy, with her partially shaved head and sharp bangs, had been given a more masculine face and outfit, both of which she pulled off really well.

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