Wearing one of the new styles of fashion gown that Tessa got her, Nesta got ready for the ball with the help of Lillian who could see her nervousness even with the tight smile she tried to put on.
If it was not for Lord Bramford being the host for the ball tonight and them being his special guests, she was sure her lady and friend, Nesta would not consider leaving Devonshire not to talk of showing her face in society especially among the deceitful set of people she once called friends.
Are you nervous, my Lady?" Lillian could not help but ask.
Nesta looked over at her and smiled before sighing, not sure she could hide her emotions from the one she called her friend. Lillian has been the one with her throughout her dark times since the news of her father's scandal, she knows when she is happy, when she is upset or nervous for that matter. So she was not sure she would be able to hide her emotions tonight from her.
"It's been a long time, Lillian. I am not sure exactly what tonight holds, if the ton still looked down on my father and me. Although I will not stand for any of it, I ran away to Devonshire the first time but I will not do that again. I will not care whatever anyone has to say."
She remembered one of her many conversations with Quinn where he told her he does not really care what anyone has to think and she thought to follow in his steps tonight. She hopes her Lord Bramford spends time with her tonight, she will need all the help and courage she can get.
Besides, she is his special guest tonight, she smiled thinking of him and all her nervousness could not help but go away. She is back and the confident look was back on her face.
Lillian smiled when she saw the determined look on her face and she could see the old Lady Weaver that everyone in the ton knows.
She made sure to dress her up as elegantly as she could so she could stand out and catch many attention as possible but she could not help but wonder how her Lady and Lord Bramford will be able to keep their hands away from each other especially since the other lords and ladies will be in attendance at the ball.
she knew she had to mention it to her because she does not want her to suffer another scandal, "I do hope both you and Lord Quinn will not act rashly in tonight's ball.
We will not want another rumor to surface now that you have made your appearance again in the society."
Nesta listened to her friend and decided to heed her warning since she will not stop worrying. "Lord Quinn is a gentleman, you know." she said to her.
"Of course he is, no doubt about that but I see the way you two look at each other and you have not been in his presence that often since we arrived in London.
I only worry you two will seek eachother out too much at the ball so much that people will start to have suspicions." Lillian explained herself further.
Nesta rolling her eyes answered her yes, wanting nothing but to finish dressing so they could be on their way.
"Are you still not ready?" was the first thing Tessa said as she entered Quinn's room but much to her surprise she found him with his teeth sunk deep in a woman's neck as he dropped her on the floor with a loud thud.
"You always interrupt my meal, couldn't you have knocked on the door before you made your entrance?.
You know you are one of the hosts tonight and you need to act like the dignified lady you are supposed to be." he asked angrily
"You can't blame me when you are not playing host yourself, you know you are not supposed to feed in the house but in the dungeons especially tonight.
Imagine if it was not me but your beloved Lady Nesta or another wandering member of the ton, might I add how curious they are about our family. How do you plan on dealing with that?" she asked him.
"The royal seal was on our invitation, so that should serve as an explanation enough. But like you said, these people are insufferable, they will want to know more.
The only narrative we will be giving tonight is what we have given everyone else that we know: Our family does not really like to be social but since we have acquire the grace of his majesty, we will like to come out more and mix with the wonderful members of the ton, hence the reason we were granted the permission to hold the first ball of this season." Quinn explained while Tessa signaled for some people to clear the mess he made.
Tessa nodded in understanding while looking worried at the same time. "The enemy keeps growing stronger and bolder, Quinn, we need to deal with this as soon as possible.
I know she is a lovely lady and I cannot believe I am saying this either, I actually do like her but we need her help. We keep losing people everyday."
"You don't need to worry, we have crossed the hard part of finding her. I will make my intentions of marriage known to her and her father soon, it is one of the reasons I invited them over and we can continue from there.
She still doesn't know who she is and what power resides in her, we will have to help her figure it out but for the meantime, we give the enemy everything we've got. They are strong and we are also getting stronger."
Quinn explained trying to make Tessa see reason as he is equally worried about the problem at hand but he knows they have to take things slow if he wants to gain Nesta's full trust and reach her peak potential.
Tessa nodded her head while making her way to the ball. "Well then, we will wait like you said but tonight, let's quench the thirst of curiosity of these people.
I do hope they are ready for our Lady Weaver, don't lose your tongue when you see her." She said winking as she closed the door behind her.
Quinn shakes his head as he is aware of everything the two ladies have been up to since he introduced the two, trusting Tessa to go all out for things like this.
His mind wandered back to Nesta and he could not wait to see her, it still shocks him everytime he comes to the realization of how much control she has over him.
A knock came at his door but he already knows who it is, "come in, Preston." he said
It is almost time, my Lord. The guest should be arriving very soon." Preston informed him.
Taking a final look at himself in the mirror, he turned to him and said, "Let's be on our way then."