Disclaimer: None of these characters belong to me (forgot to do that last time).
MARE pov
You know, I'm not sure if I even like my backstory. They could have come up with some more pizazz. Perhaps I fought off an alien envision or something. I brought this up to Elara and she said she told me she would consider it. Well, her actual words were 'shut up and stop pestering with worthless ideas,'. But what can I say? I'm a hopeful person.
About an hour later I was let out of that cell and brought up to very annoyingly pretty room. Three cute girls come in, presumably to make me "suitable". They put a ton of makeup on me. Usually I wouldn't be mad, because I love makeup, but they went trough like, twenty pots of this thick white concealer, and I assume its to literally conceal my natural red plume. I personally think that red is a better and more interesting colour than silver but whatever. When I looked in the mirror when they were finished, and was kinda surprised. I looked great. Stupid, but great.
I was put into this super tight dress. Like, hard to breath tight. I collapsed on my bed trying to figure out how to get out of this mess when I heard a voice.
"The colour suits you."
Cal. I should hate him, but he seems like he is a genuinely good person, of course, as much as a silver can. "At least I'll look nice before I screw up and your mom kills me."
He winces. "She's not my mother. She's Maven's, but not mine."
I roll my eyes. "Oh joy. I'm marrying into a family dispute."
"I'm sorry."
That sets me off the edge. "Oh sweetness, for what? For preventing me from escaping? From screwing with my life? Man, I just wanted to chill with my life, but nOooOOo I have to be special. Dear lord, sorry doesn't cut it!"
"I was trying to help!"
"I know you were. And for that I am grateful. But you should know, even from meeting me once, I. Don't. Want. Help."
He's silent. "What's it like out there?" I gesture to the court.
He throws his head back in a laugh. "More dangerous then you could possibly imagine."
"Really? Try me hon."
"As beautiful as this world is, it's just as dangerous. People who are not useful, people who make mistakes, they can be removed. You can be removed."
"Oh babe, trust me," I snort. "I will be. And you know that. And I know that. But we ignore that. Because it seems silvers live for the now, huh?"
"At least you'll bring some life to the court."
"Hell yeah. I plan on blowing up this shithole before I slit my wrists in boredom."
"I think we'll be good friends Mare."
I look back up at the ceiling. "I hope so Cal. I hope so."
