Snippet #1990989

Victoria rolled her eyes, just about to hit him again, before her eyes caught sight of Niccolo pulling a letter from within his jacket. He made sure she held it before commenting and the princess was ever so tempted to follow his movements just to knock him out. Instead she smiled and nodded in her brothers direction but her attention was otherwise taken now as her hands turned the letter over to open and read it. Her eyes scanned the contents quickly before she returned her cool gaze to her brother who still stood a good distance away, much too far to smack for his degrading comments.

" A masquerade?" The princess muttered, an eyebrow raised as she lifted the hand holding the letter as though to consider it and the invitation it was. " Of course I have a mask," Victoria added, her tone a bit louder as a smirk came to appear on her lips. " And it's rather lovely. But you, on the other hand, may want to find one to hide the ugliness that is yourself." She said this rather formally, mimicking some of those stuffy advisers their parents dealt with.. though, the words were definitely hers. Then she shrugged, advancing a few small steps toward Niccolo as Victoria considered her brother with aqua eyes showing her steadily growing annoyance. Her brother truly knew how to get under her skin like no one else.

" I swear you and the Devil are one and the same.."