Elizabeth Miller
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Ch. 27: Camelias The annoyed smirk looked silly on the baby face looking back at me. I wrinkled my nose and the little white-haired girl did the same. I pulled the corners of my mouth into a wide grimace and my reflection mocked me by doing the same. Marie softly laughed behind me as she combed my hair with lavender oil, further accentuating the silver tones out in my hair. I’m seated in front of my vanity as I enter the final phases of preparing for the Spring Ball after being run ragged in…-
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Ch. 26: Jackpot The room was silent once Emma had left and all of a sudden, very heavy. I could feel the weight of Marie’s stare on my shoulders. It is to be expected, even from the sweet, yet not particularly bright woman. A small child boldly defacing a gift from the empress with a smile on her face, for someone who had worked in the palace all her life, it was probably a shocking scene. “You may leave too, Marie,” I say, feeling a little down now from the suspicious air emanating from her.…
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Ch. 25: Project Runway Now both Emma and Marie were looking at me like I’ve sprouted another head. I backtrack a little bit. “I mean... I don’t want you to tell the Empress I don’t like the dresses. Because then she will be sad and I don’t like making people sad.” I pout for good measure and Marie’s face softens at my cuteness. “Oh your highness, you are too kind! A saint of a child!” she crows happily. I’m the furthest thing from a saint, but Marie is patting my chubby…
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Ch. 24: Not Snow White A few days later, Emma and I are still thick as thieves as we talk animatedly in my room. We spend much of the day together when I am not busy self-studying or walking in a straight line with a saucer placed atop my head. Ever since the entire Sunset Palace debacle, I’ve been trapped indoors or within the Rose Garden and Finn has been downgraded from fox to lapdog as he goes to the library on my behalf. He always gives me a meaningful look at the titles I request from him,…
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Ch. 23: Bamboozled She is a quiet girl. After deciding for her to be my playmate, I went up to my room and ordered all the maids out of it. Now that I’m seated on my bed and looking at this child, she seems even more pitiful and forlorn than I was when I was living with Bianca. Her little black eyes and sunken into her head and the small portion of dark hair I can spy under her white cap is desperately in need of a thorough brush through. “What’s your name again?” I finally ask, unable…
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Ch. 22: Janice Pt. 3 The man started walking once more, evidently displeased with what he heard. Janice was half skeptical about the stranger’s odd questions, but had she not experienced strange phenomenons within the alley? If he were able to make her divulge her secret, lifelong wish, who was she to claim who wouldn’t be able to fulfill them? A small, dangerous flame of hope began to burn in Janice’s wicked heart and she continued to speak her case to the man. “Please don’t go, sir. I am…
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Ch. 21: Janice Pt. 2 Janice whirled around, her pride not allowing her to ignore whoever had spoken. Her lip curled when she realized a handsome gentleman in an oversized black jacket stood before her. She had the worst luck, running into a handsome man when she was looking her worst. Subconsciously, Janice started to brush a piece of hair behind her ear, before remembering that the man had been mocking her. “Why are you bothering me? If it looks like I’m having a bad day, let me enjoy it in…
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Ch. 20: Janice “You really didn’t mean it?” I ask tearfully as if I truly wish to validated by the maid in front of me. I don’t care to hear her voice anymore, it is annoying like a fly buzzing in my ears. Janice, not knowing my line of thought, nods her head vigorously, suspiciously resembling the Harry Potter bobblehead that sat on my bookshelf in my past life. “No! Not at all. I-I swear, your highness, that the words that fell from my mouth are as untrue as the phrase ‘the sky is…
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Ch. 19: You’re Fired! I crane my neck to look at her brazen grin and I deliberately keep a blank expression on my face. “Did you just laugh at me?” I ask slowly, my youthful voice quivering a little. The maid lowers her hand from her face and just smirks down at me. She is taunting me, her left brow raised. The maid is Janice and she is very clean. Too clean. There is no dirt under her nails, her hair is neatly done, and her shoes do not carry the same wear and tear as other maids. It’s…
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Ch. 18: Etiquette Lessons I’m surprised by Mrs. Laroche’s sudden appearance, but that doesn’t stop me from dropping into an abrupt curtsey in the hopes of softening the deep scowl on her face. She looks like she wants to hit me with the parasol hung from her wrist. I’ve watched the maids of the Rose Palace curtsey to me since I’ve arrived, so I’d like to think my mimicry isn’t too bad. But Mrs. Laroche is not impressed in the slightest. “Poor posture, straighten your neck,” she…
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