Dominic’s POV
I stood at the foot of the staircase, glancing at my watch for the third time in five minutes. Ruby was taking her sweet time, and I wasn’t about to tell her to hurry. After last night, I figured it was better to let her move at her own pace.
A voice carried down from the second floor: Ariel’s voice.
“How did you do that with your eyeshadow? And your lipstick, wow. You look like an office siren.”
Office siren? I raised an eyebrow at that. Ariel had a way of saying the strangest things.
Ruby’s voice followed, calm and amused. “Ariel, it’s just makeup. Nothing magical.”
I could hear Ariel’s footsteps trailing behind Ruby as the two of them descended. Ariel kept going excitedly. “What shade is that lipstick? Do you always blend your eyeshadow like that? How do you even get
