-Madeleine-
“What about this one?” We were in an underground dress shop owned by a lone wolf who also sold human wedding dresses to maintain the façade. My mother had brought me here to try on long, red ceremonial dresses, yet as I stood in front of the mirrors, all I could think was how wrong this felt. I should have been smiling while trying on these dresses, but I couldn’t manage even a small grin.
The other females had come too—Angela and her mother, Lauren. Lauren didn’t say much, but she would meet my eyes in the mirror and give me an encouraging smile, offering the support my own mother didn’t.
Angela, on the other hand, chatted with me, calming my nerves and telling me how beautiful I looked. But something told me she knew I didn’t want to be here.
“Isn’t it a little too reve
