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Chapter 43: Ethereal

Notes:

Happy Day 7 of Riorgail Week! Full disclosure, I had written this scene for an Anastasia AU forever ago (literally I cannot remember when I wrote this, it's just in my drafts) and I figured if I never get around to writing the full thing, at least I can post it here since it fit so perfectly for Riorgail week and I had to scrounge up two drabbles today since I'm going to a concert tomorrow night and won't have time to speed write. Let me know what you think!

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Ethereal

Word Count: 133

Universe: Modern (Anastasia AU)

She looked ethereal; the black strapless dress hugging her curves with the sheer blue net attached to the sides of her dress trailing behind her. She looked as though she had come to life from a painting.

It was almost as though the violins playing around them within the opera house were for her - to announce her presence. The white gloves trailed up her arms, stopping just underneath her elbows and the single gold chain hanging around her neck was the only piece of jewelry she wore. 

Her hair, the defining trait of her ancestry, was bound up in a bun, showing off her clavicles. 

Xaden was enthralled by Violet. She was the oasis for a parched man.

Yet, Xaden Riorson was lying to her, and he was going to break her heart.