Chapter 587
“Good goddess Selene!” Nanny Nia rushed to me the moment I opened the door.
She, along with Hildegard, looked as though they had walked through hell and back.
“What happened to you two?” I asked as I was dragged across the room.
“Looking for you, that’s what!” Hildegard said, annoyed. “Where have you been? We’ve been searching everywhere.”
“I was with Otto,” I said. “I mentioned it before I left.”
“I would never climb those stairs again,” Hildegard swore.
“The moment I saw them, I was discouraged.” Nanny Nia admitted as she hurried me out of my simple dress.
“I invited him to the shifting ceremony,” I said. “He turned it down.”
“That’s Otto for you,” Hildegard said and quickly changed the topic. “You are already extremely late. You need to make a statement, but not a late one.”
Nanny Nia pulled out the dress for me, and this time I was made to wear it in front of them.
I turned around and let them work on fitting the dress. By the time they were done, I turned back around.
“Looking like an angel.” Nanny Nia said excitedly. “Come, sit down while we dress your hair.”
I took a seat on a chair, and Nanny Nia began working on my hair with expert skill.
All I could think of was what had been revealed to me.
There was never a time I had died, so how did I know this supposed song?
And the revelation that Sirens were forbidden to see wolves fueled my questions.
Why and how had Pearl come to find me?
I intended to look for her tomorrow.
Finding the King and his sister in law having sex had made matters worse for me.
I was trapped in a hole I had no intention of falling in.
I began to bite my bottom lip in anxiety.
All I truly wanted right now was to find my uncle, then my mother’s people.
I would have answers then.
“Now I’m going to do a little makeup for you.” Nanny Nia said.
“I’ve never done that before,” I said, terrified.
I had seen elite she-wolves who would come
Into the moonlight pack with their faces baked.
It had always appalled me, and I would wonder if they genuinely thought they looked beautiful.
“It’s part of the training we get as Nannies.” Nanny Nia explained. “Hair, makeup, all on how to be the perfect governess. Trust me on this.”
I took in a hefty sigh and told myself I could trust her.
She began applying things to my face, and I was made to stay still.
About ten minutes later, after I felt her rub something on my lips, she said. “There. Now you can look.”
I turned to face the mirror behind me, and I was stunned.
I looked absolutely stunning!
Never in my entire life had I expected to look this beautiful.
I had a shade of red eye shadow on my eyelids and what seemed like glitter by the corners of my eyes.
My cheekbones were highlighted, my face well contoured, and my lips painted a vibrant red to match my dress.
My black curly hair was made up in beautiful ringlets, and I saw that Nanny Nia had used ruby pins to hold them in place.
I could hardly believe that the girl staring at me in the mirror was me.
“Oh, my goddess,” I said in disbelief.
I felt Nanny Nia’s hand on my shoulder, and she peered into the mirror with me.
We were both staring at me.
“And that’s why I’ll always tell you, Jasmine. You, on your own, can choose your path in this wolf world.” Nanny Nia said. “They’ve already hurt your past, don’t let them take away your present and future.”
I gasped at my beauty.
I still couldn’t believe this was me.
“And now for finishing touches,” Hildegard said excitedly.
She rushed to the drawers and returned with a box.
She opened it, and a necklace emerged.
I gasped!
“Where did you get that from?” I asked in disbelief.
It was the necklace that I had been accused of stealing from Xaden.
The very same necklace that had somehow been found among my belongings.
I became triggered as memories of how I had been falsely accused and maltreated came like a flash of lightning.
“It was Xaden.” Nanny Nia said.
I looked at her in disbelief.
She, too, knew what had happened.
What did she mean by ’it was Xaden’?
“I don’t understand,” I said, lost.
“He wanted you to wear it.” Nanny Nia explained. “I was in disapproval at first. Especially after what had happened. But he said it was going to look perfect on you.”
I went quiet, unsure how to respond.
On one hand, it was terrific, and on the other hand, it reminded me of my trauma.
Losing my child.
“You don’t need to wear it if you don’t want to.” Nanny Nia told me. “I’ll always have your back.”
I sighed heavily.
How long was I going to let my past affect me?
How long was I going to be cautious of fingers being pointed at me?
I had done no wrong.
People resented me for no just cause, and I had always lived in fear.
I told myself, not anymore.
“I’ll wear it,” I said. “But I’ll not take off my mother’s necklace.”
Hildegard smiled. “That’s absolutely perfect. We can do it however you want it. Moreover, your necklace isn’t even visible. We can make do with it.”
Hildegard came around and placed the necklace, consisting of every piece of jewelry that existed, on my neck.
She was right, it was perfect.
I wondered why Xaden would even give me the necklace to wear in the first instance.
I rose to my feet.
“You look so beautiful!” Nanny Nia clapped. “Tonight is your night.”
“Thank you. Both of you.” I said in genuine appreciation.
“Wait, wait, wait, before you go,” Hildegard said quickly as she ran off and returned.
“Here.” She said.
She handed me a beautiful, perfectly made red-eye mask.
“It’s also a masked ceremony.” She told me.
I gently placed it on my face, and Nanny Nia helped me put it on at the back whilst Hildegard helped me put on a pair of red heels.
When they stood up, they squealed like excited girls and stepped back to give each other a high five.
“Make them jealous!” They said to me.