✿⊰✲⊱✿ The evening turns to night, the night to day, the day to afternoon until I come upon the evening, preparing for the Gala. There is a knock on my door before it opens, I turn to see my mother there. Age has no way diminished her beauty - her black curls packed into a high up-do, streaked with silver.
✿⊰✲⊱✿ Her dress is that of gentle blue embroidered silk and long open sleeves, skirts flared fastened at her waist; a winking silver crown upon her head; a antique lace fan in her hand with carved angels that make the rose-ivory guard. "You're still not ready? The carriage has just arrived." "I know, Mother." "Well, give them my regards. I'll see that every thing runs smoothly."
✿⊰✲⊱✿ "Thank you," I smile and nod as the handmaids added the finishing touches. My dress is much like my mother's but it's off-the-shoulder, a deeper, velvet blue with gold floral motifs wrapping around my body; the corset is laced as then the jewellery, a filigree diadem with a tanzanite core, a gold lily necklace, earrings and a girdle belt with a swooping diamond core.