The Beast of Fox Hill

Thirty Six

Anxiety twisted inside of me as I glance at the clock. There was only ten minutes before I was expected to be downstairs for the ball. 

Liam was in his room changing and preparing to host the ball while I was dragged away into his sister's room to get ready. As soon as we arrived back at the castle I was taken to Natalia's room and put into a chair. From the moment my ass hit the leather seat I was dolled up. Hair clips, hair irons and brushes, eye shadows, foundations, powders, everything possibly used to make me look the part of someone attending a grand ball was passed and used on me. 

When the people finally stepped away I saw Natalia looking at me with a smirk, her own glamorous look was complete as well. 

She had her golden hair curled to perfection and half of it pinned up, the rest left to lay on her shoulders and down her back. Her makeup was the most stunning makeup job I have ever seen. She had light pink lipstick and her eye makeup was a bright purple and black smokey eye, a winged liner look making everything pop. She had fake eye lashes that were the perfect amount of drama for her eye look and her facial makeup was on point, contoured to perfection. 

"How did they do? I haven't seen it yet," she says, a gorgeous toothy smile appearing on her face. 

"It's amazing. They did great," I say honestly, smiling back to her. 

"Wait until you see yourself. You're unrecognizable, Jasper," she says before turning to her own mirror. 

I look over to the mirror to see she was right. I could not tell who I was myself. 

My dark hair was in a curly, slightly messy bun on top of my head with a few ringlets tracing the sides of my face. My makeup was as stellar as Natalia's. 

They contoured my face perfectly and added a highlight that made my skin glow.  My eye look was a beautiful winged liner and a dark smokey eye with emerald green shadow on the bottom lash line. They had added slight fake lashes to my eyes as well, making my grey blue eyes stand out. 

"Wow," I say softly to myself. 

"Wow is right," Natalia says. "Now hurry, we only have five minutes left to get our dresses and shoes on!" she says as she rushes off, motioning for me to follow. 

I do so and I am lead into her massive walk in closet. It was large enough to be a small boutique, racks and shelves all full of clothes. I see my dress hanging on a door, which I realize is a changing room. Natalia's dress was hanging on a second changing room before she grabbed it and went in. 

I did the same, grabbing my dress and entering the dressing room. I quickly shed my clothes and got the dress back onto my curvy body, smiling down and taking a breath before leaving the room. Natalia was slipping some high heels on in her gorgeous lavender colored dress. 

Her dress was a mermaid shape, fitted in the torso until it hit her thighs where it went out into waves of material that sparkled in the light. The top of the dress was strapless had beading all over it which made beautiful swirls and designs. 

"Here are your shoes," she says, handing me a pair of small black heels I had picked out. I take them from her and slip them onto my feet, careful not to lose balance as I stand on one foot and then the other to put the shoe on. 

"You look stunning, Jasper," Natalia says genuinely, looking my whole body over. 

"You do too. That dress is perfect on you," I complement her back. 

"Says you! That dress looks like it was made for you!" she says and we both let out a laugh. 

I had no idea it would feel so good to get dressed up like this. I was always so simple, barely ever putting makeup on and brushing my hair. Now I felt like a goddess in this outfit with my hair and makeup done.