Bolt Saga 5 by Angel Payne

Author:Angel Payne
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642630343
Publisher: Waterhouse Press

Chapter Five

Emma

“Wow.”

It bursts out of Lydia as we reenter the main event room from the kitchen after having checked on how the meal prep is going. During the half hour in which we were meeting with Yuri Lane, the hot new chef-on-the-block who’s donated his culinary genius for the party, the event crew has had the chance to turn down the work lights, turn up the party lights, and cue the DJ to get some jazz in the air prior to the band’s first set.

But surely there was another element they added to the mix at the same time. Some fairy dust.

Gone is the basic, blank East Village warehouse space. In its place is the incredible embodiment of everything I wanted to communicate with the only theme that felt right to pick for tonight’s party: Dreams Do Come True. The entire space already has a dreamlike quality, with the high ceilings and exposed ducts softened by stretched spandex sails in different shades of blue. Lighting effects that look like constellations are projected onto the new-age “sky,” from which silver light filaments dangle to support suspended centerpieces over each round banquet table. Each custom-designed three-dimensional Native American dreamcatcher measures four feet across and is adorned with Swarovski crystals, glittering feathers, and bountiful bouquets of live flowers. Each dreamcatcher’s theme is made even more distinct by the matching hues of the linens on the table below. But the room is kept from being a thematic train wreck by strategic accents of gold elegance—the cutlery, the Chiavari chairs, the foundation’s logo embossed on the white Lucite dance floor…

I’m finally able to answer my sister, though the muttered words don’t feel like mine. “Wow is a good way to start.” The whole scene is like a dream, far more beautiful than I imagined everything turning out. I almost want to yank my brain out of my body just to comprehend it all—but that would mean giving up the wonder of getting to wear this princess-worthy gown. Yeah, so I was never one of those girls, even growing up ten minutes from “the kingdom” where “princesses” were featured in twice-daily parades, who felt the need to dress in miles of lace and crinoline. But this dress would turn even Hulk Hogan into one of those girls. The thing is a production, starting with eight layers of nearly sheer gossamer on top of a cage skirt that’s rigged with thirty battery packs, powering nearly four hundred blue LED lights. So yeah, the dress glows. Literally. There’s a similar process beneath the fitted halter bodice, which is given more definition from silver piping that matches my silver ballet flats and swirl-shaped hair combs.

Yeah. Princess. And even taking a few seconds to enjoy the whole thing before remembering that I’ve got to actually be in charge a little here. Maybe more than a little.

Right before wondering if I’ll even have anything to be in charge of…if the intel from Angelique is right…

“Hey.” Lydia brings a friendly shoulder nudge along with the prompt, tilting her head over to peer at me with shining sky-blue eyes.

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