Chapter 18“Quite the cozy position I found you in with the king,” Lily beamed at me, practically buzzing after catching us wrapped up in each other on a library chair. “Does that mean you’ve made a decision?”“Let’s… focus on trying those dresses on,” I muttered, heat crawling up my cheeks.I regretted that sentence immediately. Of course I did. It sounded flustered, ridiculous, unconvincing even to me, and I could feel my heart hammering as though it had a voice of its own, screaming, Why didn’t you just stay quiet?Up in my room, four women had taken over the place, carrying every fabric color imaginable. Silk, chiffon, satin, velvet—each swath of cloth seemed to shine and shimmer under the sunlight streaming through my window, as though they were alive. Sketches were made, more sketches were made, somehow even more sketches were made—each one showing my figure crammed into a new dress design. I could feel my pulse in my throat, my stomach twisting in a mixture of excitement and pa
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