Their Hidden Princess Novel

---- Chapter 38 "Are we starting or not?" "We?" | said as Loren squeaked out the same word. She had gone deadly still. "We? Nosotros? Nous?" Pietha drawled. "What other language would you like me to speak it in?" "So, you're doing hair and make up for both of us?" | said, slowly as | wrapped my hand around Loren to hold her still. "Yup," Maja said with another crack of their gum. | swear Loren almost fell over. Had my hand not been there, | think she would've. She opened and closed her mouth a few times, with only squeaks of the beginning of the words coming out.

| patted her gently on the shoulder before pushing her towards the chair that Maja had set up "She says thank you," | said as Loren fell in the chair, eyes still darting back and fourth between my two personal employees. | shook my head with a half laugh. | sat on the edge of my bed as Pietha and Maja went to work. It took about two hours of work and Loren was done. They curled the bottom of her blunt white-blonde hair so that it tickled her cheeks. The rest was pin straight.

They used some stunning ---- purple shimmer on her eyes that made them pop out of her head Pietha had picked out a stunning white and gold gown for Loren. It was mainly white with shimmering gold thread in the fabric. There were several gold appliques that swooped around her collarbones. He complimented it with massive gold chain that wrapped tightly around her neck. She looked absolutely beautiful. "This is insane," Loren said staring at herself in the mirror. "This day is insane. This is insane. You are insane." Pietha smoothed the fabric on her shoulder. He hummed lightly.

"You're welcome, darling," he said. "| do my good work on blondes." He glanced towards me. "But | do my best work on redheads," he said with a wicked grin. | cringed slightly. Loren hopped up from the chair and swung me into it. She held onto my hands as she looked me in the eyes. "Next time you see this magic woman," Loren said softly as she squeezed my hands. "Please thank her from the bottom of my heart. For both finding you and for this absolute treat. | will never, ever forget it." I smiled at her softly and squeezed her hands back. "Of course," | said.

Loren bounced back up and started towards the door. "I have to ---- call my mother," she said. "We've been fans of Pietha for ages! Her cheeks rouged slightly as she said it, looking at Pietha behind me. "I'll see you at Mateball, Zora!" Loren called over her shoulder as she ran out of the room. Then, | was alone with Pietha and Maja. | swallowed thickly as Maja swung her hair around so | was facing her. "Now what are we going to do with you?" she drawled. | swallowed again before | was swarmed with brushes and curlers.

| don't know how long as | was in the chair but the sun started to set as Pietha finally let me up. He then bombarded me with seven different dresses that, | thought, were all in the same color. According to Pietha, | was more suited for a deep moss than a Kelly green. Then, he laced me up sixty seven thousand different ways. | felt my skin and bones be pulled the plumped and pushed into position. Then, he went at my hair, straightening it from it's wild tangle of curls into a sleek ribbon of red. Maja then went in and pulled and wove it behind me.

In the end, only two of the sleek red ribbons still hung in front of my face. Maja and Peitha were grinning from ear to ear as the finally spun me around. | was met in the mirror by the most beautiful version ---- of myself I'd ever seen.