Hopeless Magic
“I didn't know the first thing about being a queen.
And I certainly didn't know how to reverse thousands of years of racism and prejudice. Or how to protect my family from a king that would still murder them at the first opportunity.
I swallowed hard and leaned against the bathroom door, not ready to face the reality of school or the promise in Kiran's eyes. I had expected a length of years before I would have to deal with any of this and I was now realizing how naive I had been.
The bathroom do...or suddenly swung opened and I fell through the open space, landing in a heap on the floor.
"Well, look who it is," Seraphina's wind-chimed voice snarled at me from above.
558/711 I stood quickly to my feet, the bathroom door slamming behind me once I was out of the way.
"Hello, Seraphina," I said carefully. My heart fell to the pit of my stomach, taking in the sight of her.
Her long blonde hair was limp, tangled and somehow duller. Her eyes were a mess of smudged mascara and swollen, reddened eyes, their once pretty blue, now an unlit cavity of anger.MoreLess
And I certainly didn't know how to reverse thousands of years of racism and prejudice. Or how to protect my family from a king that would still murder them at the first opportunity.
I swallowed hard and leaned against the bathroom door, not ready to face the reality of school or the promise in Kiran's eyes. I had expected a length of years before I would have to deal with any of this and I was now realizing how naive I had been.
The bathroom do...or suddenly swung opened and I fell through the open space, landing in a heap on the floor.
"Well, look who it is," Seraphina's wind-chimed voice snarled at me from above.
558/711 I stood quickly to my feet, the bathroom door slamming behind me once I was out of the way.
"Hello, Seraphina," I said carefully. My heart fell to the pit of my stomach, taking in the sight of her.
Her long blonde hair was limp, tangled and somehow duller. Her eyes were a mess of smudged mascara and swollen, reddened eyes, their once pretty blue, now an unlit cavity of anger.MoreLess
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