CHAPTER 79: LITTLE CONFESSIONS

SERAPHINA’S POV

I cough just as Juliet, who's been my makeover maestro for the evening, dabs into her eyeshadow palette to add another layer onto my lids.

"Sera, you'll smudge it if you keep squirming like that," she warns.

"Is all this really necessary?" I ask, a touch of exasperation in my voice.

Two hours of skincare treatments, an hour for hair, and now we're thirty minutes deep into the makeup phase.

I’m in Alice and Juliet’s room, and my face feels as though it's laminated with all the products they've applied.

I mean, it's just a three-hour party, and let's be honest—I'll probably enjoy only the first hour before my social battery taps out.

Juliet rolls her eyes but remains laser-focused on my eyes.

"Yes, Sera, it's absolutely necessary. You're the star tonight; you have to look the part."

"But it feels like you're prepping me for the Oscars, not a college party," I counter, sneaking a glance at my increasingly unfamiliar reflection in the mirror.

Alice, who's giving the f