Heather walter books6/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The palace is even more riotous than on the princess’s birthday six months ago. And so would you, if you had any sense.” “I have sense enough to know when I’m being used.” I tie up the bandage roughly enough to make her yelp. I’d be barely better than the fish sold in the Common District. I would have been a sailor’s daughter had I not been gifted. A mongrel not worth her own breath.” The rage in my veins burns hotter. What do you think would have happened to you if that grotesque shade of green didn’t mean you had power? You would have been killed. ![]() “ You’re worth more than your blood.” Rose scoffs. Narcisse’s ghostly presence flickers between us. What they did to Narcisse was…” I can’t bring myself to go on. “ Forced by law to spend your gift on nobles who have little interest in you once you’ve Faded? I was at the trial, too. “ Aren’t you?” I finish applying the ointment to her hand and begin to wrap it with a clean cloth. Automatically-as if she’s said it often to others. I’m a prisoner, too.” “ I’m not a prisoner,” Rose says quickly. ![]()
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