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Then the diamond descended like a weight on the lace at my bosom, and the collar cinched close around my neck. So far, so good. I turned. “How do I look?” “Like a grand duchess,” Vasily murmured into my ear before stepping away.
Congratulations to Molly Dark for being a much stronger woman than I will ever be because I would have asked for an elopement to Gretna Green right then and there
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“That’s the thing with trauma to the body—it shows up instantly. In breaks and bruises, in burns and in blood. But the trauma on the inside, that’s harder to see. It creeps around your mind, poisons you with disquiet. It can hit you out of nowhere, debilitating and ruinous. There are no marks visible for those. None, save the shadows in your eyes.”
― Glow
― Glow
“Then the diamond descended like a weight on the lace at my bosom, and the collar cinched close around my neck. So far, so good. I turned. “How do I look?” “Like a grand duchess,” Vasily murmured into my ear before stepping away.”
― Dark Clouds
― Dark Clouds
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and yes, Vasily is very short on money and VERY aware of this lol