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CHAPTER 57

Bliss

When Mi, Bliss had been taken aback The two girls had not seen each other in over a year, and were hardly friends anymore But Mimi had seemed a bit desperate, and Bliss took pity on her and said yes So on the bright Octoberthat Jack and Miet her hair and makeup done, as Mimi had directed

Trinity Force and several other daughters of high-ranking Conclave azines and drinking chane Mimi herself was seated in thea fluffy white robe, but otherwise she looked picture-perfect Her face was made up as exquisitely as a doll’s, with ruby red lips and the barest hint of blush Her lustrous platinunon woven hite flowers She looked gorgeous

"Bliss! I’od! I know! Are you excited?" Bliss asked,bonded today?"

"It’s about time, don’t you think?" Mimi practically screamed

Bliss could s about Mi so hard her face looked like it was going to crack

"You’re over here Danilo will take care of you Remember, Danilo, led

"Hey, by the way, I’ not to feel aard

"No worries You’re here now and that’s what matters," Mimi said with a brilliant smile

She was exactly the sa, and self-centered, orjitters

Bliss was anxious about the event She hoped the bonding would go quickly so she could get away from everyone After her encounter with the Visitor the other day, she felt shaken and unsteady and not quite safe to be around Not that she would ever, ever, ever, in her rightas murder her best friend She had to convince Schuyler to leave New York as soon as possible The longer Schuyler stayed in the city, the erous it was for her Bliss had to keep her friend safe and away froure out how to do it, how to talk to Schuyler without the Visitor finding out

At least she knew Schuyler wouldn’t be at Mi, so Bliss wouldn’t have to worry about it today It was a small but welcome reprieve, but she was still nervous

The stylist straightened Bliss’s hair and spackled on the makeup so thick, when she looked in the nized herself Her hair was alhtened, and her face was a h that spray-tan e She took a cab hoown Pretty basic bonds that would take away from the vision that Mimi was sure to be

Back at the penthouse, Bliss checked herto tone down the bronzer on her cheeks Where was Dylan? The Visitor was keeping him from her, she knew, and she hated hi held somewhere? Hurt? Was it all her fault? How had this happened to her? What could she do? So crazy

As she gazed at herself in thethe eo Lucifer’s Bane She touched the cold stone, and with great difficulty, re near her associated with her father She tossed it onto the dressing room table She felt as if it had ination