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Fairytale Retelling
“
He held out his hand. “Need help down?”
“I can manage.”
Hopefully.
She’d never admit it—especially not to this arrogant gnat—but this was the first time she remembered riding a horse, and she knew for certain this was her first time dismounting on her own.
Elmery exhaled and gripped the horse’s mane. The two men continued chatting, occasionally waving to the others riding in.
She could do this. Surely a learned woman of twenty-four summers could climb off a horse with minimal risk of injury
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― Shattered Resistance
― Shattered Resistance
“
Clearly it is simplest never to marry at all,’ I said, trying to keep my voice light. These stories, ridiculous fairy tales though they were, had tainted the evening. Like Vivian, I preferred to think of The Sleeping Princess as a magical spectacle of fairy godmothers and characters from folklore. But then we had both learned the hard way about heartbreak and loss.
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― The Sleeping Beauties
― The Sleeping Beauties
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