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I’d had a funny feeling he was going to say that I sighed, and tried to gather up
You can handle anything they throw at you, Jane True, I toldshoes
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
A dryad did my makeup, and all I can say is Bobbi Broatch out I looked hot I’d asked if she could do shtly hazy" she achieved "s a creature I’d heretofore only studied in Mythology 101 to give me smoky eyes didn’t really fazeshocked or afraid of Ryu’s world, I reveled in the weird I was suddenly an utterly average wall flower in an i treat for me to feel suddenly… banal
"You look lovely, Jane," Elspeth breathed, as she adjusted htly Elspeth had been introduced toI couldn’t get over I was more fazed to have a maid than I was that she was a dryad I wasn’t really sure if I was in fairy land or turn-of-the-century New York I felt like Lily Bart, and I wondered if I would have to tip Elspeth withthis lady’s maid lived in a tree, I doubted her personal expenses were very large
I was dressed, again, in the red wrap dress Luckily, I’d ht I wanted to save ure out what to wear on our last evening in the Cos like huhtly less dressy than Friday, although that left formal attire for Saturday But for all I knew they would have a Hawaiian-style luau on Saturday, co in a Hawaiian shirt over sole And then I pictured hihter ceased
Elspeth stood me up to adjust the wrap’s sash and ledinto a silent "o" at the sight of the woeous And it wasn’t just the makeup or the dress--it was like that new Jane I’d always drea back atElspeth had put s a bit So nothing concealedI would normally have been horribly self-conscious about But this Jane’s dark gaze looked sexy and exotic, not weird or crazy
For a second, I nearly panicked This isn’twoman in the mirror
Exactly, I realized This isn’t you And it’s fucking awesome… So suck it up and enjoy yourself
I had just turned around to check outthe saht, and he looked just as handso as Elspeth finished fussing She smiled at me and whispered, "Go forth, with pride," which I assu, "Knock ’em dead" I appreciated her kind words, as well as her efforts, and gave her a little hug
She left, leaving Ryu andpretty foxy so I wasn’t really able to be too angry with hi
"Jane," he said finally "About what Morrigan said--"