#uptcwnpart

[everyonesgotanact]

@uptcwnpart cont. (x)

The blush that came to her face when he kissed her cheek and complimented her glowed warmly over her face. She had scrimped and saved every penny for a proper evening dress, and she was glad he approved.

Taking his arm, Anne couldn’t help the tremor that ran through her. The last time they had ascended these stairs had been disastrous. This was no place for her kind, especially on the arm of someone like Philip Carlyle.

[anabioun]

@uptcwnpart​. / continued. 

the being didn’t answer, at first. he wasn’t precisely keen on explaining the gory details of his life before the circus, especially to one of the owners of the whole venture. carlyle had been respectable enough thus far, but decades of distrust weren’t easily shaken off, and in spite of his own best efforts, the being hadn’t quite managed to talk himself out of his instinctive wariness.

“ ---what happened in the past isn’t the issue. i only mean to clarify my position here. i want your assurance that i won’t be treated as property by you and mr. barnum. ”