After exchanging some words with Calhoun, Madeline made her way back to the room. Removing her shoes, she went to stand in front of the mirror. The girl in there wore rich clothes that she would have never dared to dream in the past as she knew how much she was limited to things like that. Even the rented dress would not be able to give such quality to be worn. She started to take the jewels off her neck and ears which were handpicked by the King,
It was taken that she was living a life of riches, after all, the King was courting her, and it made her question how happy another girl would be if it weren't her in the current position. Girls or women like her elder sister Beth would have been happy. Her sister had been overjoyed that the King had taken a liking towards her when the invitation had been sent out.
