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Gilda shooed me toward the hallway that led to the nearest bathroom "You have to try on the dress with the shoes and jewelry I’m especially worried about the shoes This brand seeood-sized bathroo me a quick update on what I’d er one…"

"Olga," I said, and Gilda nodded

"Olga is very angry and frightened Soto plan She was counting on Natasha’s fear of her father to keep her in line, keep her agreeing to whatever Olga suggested But that’s changed now that Natasha is no longer under the influence of the spell The two of thea insists that Princess Adriana is using her siren abilities to control King Dahlht," I said firmly as I slipped out of my shoes and unzipped the jeans

"You’re sure?" She hooked the hanger with my dress over the hook on the back of the door, flipped the lid down on the toilet, and took a seat

"Positive," I assured her "First off, Adriana is way older than she looks and ay older than Dahl time, and she’s told ersiren abilities because she doesn’t really have any, at least not to the level where she could control so Besides which, I made sure he had an anti-siren char any hanky-panky"

"Oh, I’ave me a saucy wink "Adriana is a beautiful wo her oay There are many ways to manipulate someone; you don’t need to have psychic powers And from what I’ve seen, h to influence most men Noe’ll just have to find a way to find a way to work that into the conversation Because I a day"

"I thought you said she’s a manipulator"

She turned wide, innocent eyes tois only the time-honored sort that all wohed out loud, but ed to smother the burst of noise with both hands so that it caht, of course We needed to intervene But I couldn’t for the life of a on me Besides, today

I stripped down to ht again," she scolded "You need to eat more And that"--she pointed to the scar in the ht you promised me you’d be careful"

"I ah It wasn’t huge, but it was noticeable But I’d been da

I wished fervently that the feds would catch hih, they’d had no luck Daic

"H else She also didn’t suggest a "beauty enhance, after everything that had happened But it did

I unzipped the black canvas gar to reveal my dress

It was beautiful The color was a rich, deep purple, the color of flawless aleamed, thanks to the black silk embroidery on the front panels and the jet beads used as triht in my throat I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was, and on such short notice The Levys had outdone the little seous "Look in the coested

I unzipped said compartment to find a black velvet jewelry case about the size of a hardback book The velvet had browned a little with age and the brass lock was a little tarnished With treers I twisted the little lever that locked the case and flipped open the lid

I was speechless for the second time in a few moments

Aold necklace with s and hair co

"Oh old!"

She scoffed "With diaift to you, dear"