Chapter 33: Inner Beauty
**Avery**
I put on my robe that I was handed before I slid out of my bed. My legs ached but they didn't feel weak. “You guys can look now,” I said as I noticed that they all had their eyes closed. Am I even more hideous than I was?
After I took Conner’s outstretched hand, he led me into my bathroom. When Clint flipped on the light, I gasped. I stepped forward and stared at my reflection. I touched the mirror to see if it was an illusion because I couldn't believe the young woman staring back at me. Yes, she has my eyes but her skin is no longer pale and riddled with acne. Her hair is not mated, frizzy, or haphazardly sitting atop my head. I leaned even closer so that my nose touched the cool glass of the mirror. My eyes shone brighter and now had flecks of silver, gold, red, blue, and green among my dark honey brown. I took a strand of my hair and examined it closely. It is smoother, longer, and thicker. In addition to the textural change, it now has red and golden blonde accentuating the once flat mousey brown. “Is this some kind of trick?”
I raised my eyes up and saw the Trio gazing at me with both awe and trepidation. Cassius takes a small step forward, “Avery, this is you. Perhaps it has always been you but you needed the right catalyst to push this chain reaction out of the equilibrium that it had been in for so long. Now, you can explore your new equilibrium with your dragon and us.”
I try to process what he just said as I look for any signs of deception in his gaze or the intonation of his words. Not finding any, I ask, “Given that we have been taught the variations among species, how could I be this way? Why are my eyes different? What’s wrong with me?”
**Conner**
Avery began to sob as she stared at herself. There's nothing wrong with her and there never was. My brothers and I are the ones who have something wrong with us, not her. Not being able to fight the urge to comfort her, I quickly walked up to her put my arms around her shoulder, and found myself sobbing with her. “Avery, you are you. There's nothing wrong. I have been a fucking fool. We all have. Even if you may never forgive and trust me because of all that I have done, know that I am very sorry and I will make up for it for the rest of my life.”
I laid my heart on the line. I had never wanted to treat her as I did, but I did it anyway. I could have told my brothers to fuckoff and protect her, but I didn't. My complacency as well as my part in tormenting her are things that I will regret until I draw my last breath.
Clint approached us and stood beside Avery. He placed his hand on her hip. “Avery, we don't have all of the answers. However, we will help you find them if you let us. I have been a righteous bastard to you when all you have ever done is be kind and dutiful. I am sorry. I am so very sorry. One day, please forgive me.”
Cassius was the last to approach. Once he reached her right side, he fell to his knees. He reached up and took her hand. As he pushed back the tears that had begun to fall, he spoke softly, “Avery, I am not the man that my parents groomed to be king. I treated you as a slave, worse even. I have no right to ask for your forgiveness, so I won't. All I ask is that you allow me to prove that I am deserving of you.”
She stared at our reflections before she reached up to tap the glass. On her third tap, a hairline crack formed across our images but it didn't distort them. She turns to face us. “None of this makes sense, but know this, I am still going to make you help in lab Cassius. Clint, I am still going to make you participate in our fake marriage in Mrs. Moore’s class.” She looks at me and smiles. Fuck! It doesn't matter what she is going to say as long as she keeps smiling at me like that. “Conner, I am still killing you off,” she grinned before turning to walk back into her room. However, as she walked into her bedroom her robe slipped revealing her tattered slip and tempting hourglass figure.
Cassius and Clint both tried to follow her, but I held them back. I whispered, “She will freak. Give her a minute before we tell her that far more than her eyes, skin, and hair have changed.” They nodded as they both adjusted their pants. It is evident how strongly they physically desire her now. My brothers have always been quick to satiate their primal needs, but I haven't. Yes, I have had sex but I had also wished for something more. That more just walked away from me after confessing that she was still going to kill me off in our play.
I chuckled to myself. Mr. Darcy, I am sorry for disappointing you. I failed to lower my pride and eradicate my prejudices soon enough. She can kill my character because I am not him anymore. I walked into her bedroom. “Avery, remove your robe and see for yourself because we are going shopping.”
She looked at me as if I were insane. I am not, but a life with her will be. Fuck the crown. I only want her. I watched Avery narrow her eyes at me as she peeked under her robe. She gasped as it fell to the floor. Her hands gripped her voluptuous breasts as she exclaimed, “Boobs! I have boobs!” Her cheeks suddenly flooded with embarrassment when she saw me and my brothers staring at her. “Get out!” she yelled. Chuckling we left her to explore her new self.
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