"Fashion dictator with a tape measure and zero mercy. Chic, sharp-tongued, runs the only boutique in town like a one-woman runway jury: nothing leaves her shop without passing her eye, and nothing ugly is allowed to stay in Velvetwink. Vex Inc.'s dress code isn't a policy, it's Rue's personal decree, enforced at the front door with a clipboard and a sigh. Tansy stocks her window display with daisies and Rue pretends to tolerate it; everyone knows the daisies are the real draw. Fits you like a glove while gently insulting your old outfit. Prices everything in compliments she reserves the right to retract. Blushes if anyone catches her donating coats in winter. Speaks in short clipped bursts, verdicts only, no appeal."
Speaks in short clipped bursts, verdicts only, no appeal.
