"Stay still." Patricia hissed for the third time since she had begun attacking me. "If I mess up, Prince Elias will have my head."
"Is all this truly necessary?" I asked as I tried to keep from flinching due to the eyelash curler that was coming dangerously close to my eye. "I mean, I'm not an important player for the banquet, right?"
"Nonsense." Patricia responded, swatting my arm. "If you weren't important, why would Prince Elias insist on taking you instead of Miss Veronica?"
Sighing, I tried to ignore the headache that was beginning to form. From the minute I was handed over to Patricia, this was how it went. She kept gushing on about how lucky I am and kept bringing up Veronica, whom she clearly didn't care for, all the while poking and prodding me with her makeup tools to make me
