"Hf...."
Cinder stared after him, blushing
???: "....You just spent a full day with the crown prince-"
"I....I did...."
???: "He knows our names..."
"Yep..."
oki doke!
Cinder came home to a living room full of swathes of tulle and lace. Her sister's ballgowns were almost done, and they stood in the center of the room as the seamstress looked over them. Adri, her stepmother, leaned against the wall, face tight and pinched as usual, wearing garishly bright lipstick. She was always dressed up, as if she ever left the apartment. Peony, her younger sister, caught Cinder's eye and grinned at her. She grinned back-Peony looked beautiful.
Adri
Peony
