Nel smiled at the girls as they entered the kitchen. They'd obviously opted to make the most of the evening in the same way she had.

"Well, some of us were taking an age to get ready," she said, in reply. "You two look good," she told them.

Apache might have been out to make Yylfordt jealous, she wasn't sure, yet, but if she was, it was going to work. Even though Yylfordt would inevitably not admit it.