Nadine burned her invitation so that her husband would not find it.
She didn't know what it meant. There was what it said, but what did it mean? Was someone offering her a way out? The writing was in English, ordinary English, not whatever it was they used here that was so similar and yet not. Was it a trick? A trap? She rubbed at the raw skin that circled her wrists.
It wasn't like it could hurt to look.
On feet quiet and bare she slipped out the door to her suite, so much larger than she needed it to be. Everything was so much larger than she needed it be. Except for the green door, which she found where there was usually a hallway. It was the size of a normal door, from a normal place. She refused to get her hopes up. She stepped through, through cold light like the sun reflecting off snow, and still she refused to get her hopes up.
The first thing she noticed was that her wrists no longer hurt. That very faint paleness of new skin, but no more raw or red.
She didn't think she'd ever worn a dress like this, sheer lace in black and white. Her lips were painted red, and her curls fell loose and wild. The only crown on her head was white roses made of silk. The black lace of her mask matched the lace of her dress, and she frowned as she realized she could see. Experimentally, she took the mask off. Her long-distance vision disappeared. She prodded at the eye of the mask, but there was nothing there. She put it back on, and looked at her nails. They must have been acrylic, because hers had never been this long, all black and silver. Green eyes looked at themselves in the mirror, then fell to lips painted red, to a necklace cast in silver of an anatomically correct model heart. That was the first thing that made her smile. She looked at her wrist, to silver bangle dotted with opals, and hummed thoughtfully.
Walking in heels was tricky. She hadn't done it in so long. More used to slippers, more used to being barefoot.
The ballroom was overwhelming in the size of it, but that wasn't what struck her. What struck her most was: most everyone she saw was an ordinary height. She walked into the crowd and she stared at people not much taller than she was. A sea of voices, but some of them, she thought, sounded… American.
Her nails dug half-moons into her palms.
Maybe this was her way out.
She made her way to the glass panels of the wall, and pressed her hands to it to try and look outside.
She didn't know what it meant. There was what it said, but what did it mean? Was someone offering her a way out? The writing was in English, ordinary English, not whatever it was they used here that was so similar and yet not. Was it a trick? A trap? She rubbed at the raw skin that circled her wrists.
It wasn't like it could hurt to look.
On feet quiet and bare she slipped out the door to her suite, so much larger than she needed it to be. Everything was so much larger than she needed it be. Except for the green door, which she found where there was usually a hallway. It was the size of a normal door, from a normal place. She refused to get her hopes up. She stepped through, through cold light like the sun reflecting off snow, and still she refused to get her hopes up.
The first thing she noticed was that her wrists no longer hurt. That very faint paleness of new skin, but no more raw or red.
She didn't think she'd ever worn a dress like this, sheer lace in black and white. Her lips were painted red, and her curls fell loose and wild. The only crown on her head was white roses made of silk. The black lace of her mask matched the lace of her dress, and she frowned as she realized she could see. Experimentally, she took the mask off. Her long-distance vision disappeared. She prodded at the eye of the mask, but there was nothing there. She put it back on, and looked at her nails. They must have been acrylic, because hers had never been this long, all black and silver. Green eyes looked at themselves in the mirror, then fell to lips painted red, to a necklace cast in silver of an anatomically correct model heart. That was the first thing that made her smile. She looked at her wrist, to silver bangle dotted with opals, and hummed thoughtfully.
Walking in heels was tricky. She hadn't done it in so long. More used to slippers, more used to being barefoot.
The ballroom was overwhelming in the size of it, but that wasn't what struck her. What struck her most was: most everyone she saw was an ordinary height. She walked into the crowd and she stared at people not much taller than she was. A sea of voices, but some of them, she thought, sounded… American.
Her nails dug half-moons into her palms.
Maybe this was her way out.
She made her way to the glass panels of the wall, and pressed her hands to it to try and look outside.
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