Serena yelped when a strand of her hair was tugged too roughly, the older woman muttered a careless apology and continued the assault on the golden hair. Serena tried to sit as still as possible but every now and then she flinched from the woman's touch.
She looked at herself in the mirror placed before her, her eyes were downcast and her green eyes seemed even duller today. The Dawnbreak party was arriving today. The woman had been up before sunrise, due to half excitement and half fear. She could not help the way her stomach leapt and twisted every now and then.
She imagined the meeting over and over in her head, she hoped everything would go smoothly. As soon as the cock crew, Livia was already up in arms with her assistants following quickly behind. The assistants Serena saw today were very much different from the ones that helped Livia during the gathering.
