Elixir. Every woman in the city of Arkaans has one in their drawer sowhere. It helps make the skin soft , heals any wound and removes any marks or blemishes. Can't you see how beautiful the won look in this city? "
Maria explained giving the potion to redith. redith took it and stared at it with her brows furrowed tightly.
"And why are you carrying it around you?" redith asked, it's not everyday that you will see soone walking with a potion inside their pocket. It made all of this weirdly suspicious.
"I'm always working, I can cut myself or burn myself at anyti. My mom gave it to
in case of these ergencies."
"Oh…" redith nodded. She knew the city was filled with witches so she guessed this made sense.
"So how do you use it?"
"Just pour so in your palms and rub it at the site you want and then watch magic do its work."
redith slowly pulled the cork covering the bottle and the sweet lavender sll of the potion spread across the room. It was the most soothing scent she has ever slled
"Slls good right?" Maria bead at her.
redith nodded in response. She took a whiff and poured so of the oil in her palm, gently dabbing it at the nape of her neck.
"So….is it gone?" redith asked Maria after she was done rubbing the oil on her skin. She thought so sparkles would surround her or she would feel the
magic in her veins but nothing like that happened.
Did the books lie about how magic and potion works?
"Yes. You can check it in the mirror." Maria replied.
redith walked towards the mirror and her mouth opened in shock. The red marks on her skin had completely disappeared in the blink of an eye and her skin looked softer and younger.
"Wow." She breathed in shock. Many won in the human realm would die for sothing like this. That redith was sure of. She wished Sofia was here with her; they would have gushed over this together.
"Amazing right?" Said Maria behind redith.
"Yeah, can I keep this? Please " redith turned to Maria and made a sad puppy face hoping it would work, at least it used to work on Atlas.
Maria chuckled at the princess behaving like a kid and nodded, "of course you can keep it. I have more of this."
redith bead and pulled Maria into a hug.
"Thank you Maria,"
"Welco, now let
get you ready to et the prince. "
redith had completely forgotten about her eting with Marcus. She wondered what he was going to show her.
*****
Two hours later, Maria was done preparing redith for whatever event Marcus had planned for the day.
She had trimd redith's hair to perfection, after washing and conditioning it twice with strange,colored oils that slled of flowers. She had washed the dye out of redith's hair showing her natural blonde hair.
redith had never seen her natural hair so shiny before. Maria had applied the oil she gave her into every inch of her
skin, which made her skin glow and softer.
Maria had applied her make-up to perfection,
making it look so natural, and yet quite glamorous,
at the sa ti. Her hair had been left down, but
the sides had been braided back, showing off my
manicured face.
redith starred in the mirror, morized with the
transformation Maria been able to achieve in such
a short amount of ti.
She didn't even dress her up like this during the ball so what the hell was going on? Curiosity was killing redith.
"Princess,do you like it?"
Maria asked while she stared fondly at redith in the mirror.
"It's... wow. I look…. Different.." redith whispered.
redith had forgotten how she looked with her natural blonde hair.
"Different? This is you. You look so beautiful with your natural hair color, why did you dye it?"
Maria furrowed her thin brows and asked.
redith stiffened for a second and shrugged,
"I wanted to start over I guess."
Maria t redith's gaze in the mirror and nodded,
"You don't have to hide yourself anymore princess."
Maria whispered softly behind her.
redith turned around and faced Maria with a soft smile on her face.
"So…where is Marcus taking ? I know he must have told you with all these preparations you're making."
Maria shook her head and bowed her head slightly, "sorry princess but I do not know. He just gave
the instructions to make you look your best today more than you had at the ball so I'm assuming you're attending an important event."
redith groaned in frustration. She hated being kept in the dark.
"Hmm then I guess I have to et Marcus myself for answers don't I? Can you take
to him?"
"Alright princess."
************
redith stood outside of the massive door leading
to Marcus's personal suites, thinking how odd it was.
Maria was not allowed to enter in with her so here she was alone entering the lion's den.
redith trembled slightly as she knocked on the door.
Almost imdiately, a butler, of sorts, opened the
door and ushered her through several rooms until she
entered Marcus's office.
It was decorated with heavy, dark furniture and lavish accoutrents. redith never understood these n and their obsession with dark colours.
Marcus acknowledged her with a nod of his head without looking at her and motioned toward the chair nearest to him. "Sit."
redith dropped into the chair quickly and sat silently, waiting for him to be done with whatever he was typing.
"re-" He trailed off when he finally looked up from his computer.
He studied her intently. redith flushed slightly,
wondering what he was looking at. Finally he
called out her na quietly,
"redith?"
redith stared at him dumbly. He was behaving extrely weird.
"Yes….?"
"You look…" he trailed off.
redith raised her brows as she waited for him to continued, but he said nothing as his gaze held hers and the seconds droned on.
redith mumbled, "I look what?"
"Beautiful."
A/N: Please add my new book, The sweetest Temptation to your library. Bad boy * an innocent mob boss daughter romance. It's purely romance no fantasy. Thank you!
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