42.|| His World.

Lilliana’s POV

I was nervous, my palms were sweaty as I sat while the other maids did my makeup, I knew that they would rather be somewhere else than doing my hair, makeup and dressing me up but they had no choice since it was the alpha’s orders.

My heart raced, it was beating so loud that I could swear that the sound resonated through the room and the ladies inside could hear it. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get it to stop beating fast.

It’s the Ceremony of Hircine and I’m going to be spending almost the entire ceremony with Nikolai. I’ve never been to a party this grand and I had no idea what to expect but the thought of being with Nikolai calmed me down a bit.

“Our job here is done.” One of the ladies said and I opened my eyes to look at myself in the mirror. I gasped at the sight and tears welled up in my eyes.

I didn’t expect to look this good, especially in the dress that Nikolai brought for me. It’s a burgundy dress with tiny straps and petals just at the bottom. I st