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One evening, in the border town of Shadaf in the Kingdom of
Rose...
“This is all your fault!”
The sharp sound of a slap followed by a dull thud rang out
from within a room in the estate of the Margrave of Ardennes.
A young girl lay crumpled on the floor. The force of the strike
had sent her petite frame flying. She splayed both arms out in
front of her in an effort to prop herself up. Tears welled in her
eyes, and she hung her head low. Her cheek, already swollen
all over from previous blows, flushed hot with pain.
Her frizzy, shoulder length beige-blonde hair was covered in
soot. Her skin was a pale, sickly white; malnourishment had left
her thin and fragile. She was clothed in the simple attire of a
handmaiden, ragged and dirtied all over.
“My apologies, mother. Please, forgive me.”
Her apology came right on the heels of the blow, for she knew
if it didn’t, it would only be received with greater violence.
This young woman, subject to cruelty day in and day out,
treated as lesser and despicable, was Chloe Ardennes.
Chloe lowered her head in deference and uttered words of
apology again and again and again to the woman—her mother,
Isabella—who had just struck her.
Isabella fixed a glare on Chloe usually reserved for vermin and
bellowed, “You. If only you’d never been born, I’d—”
A barrage of verbal abuse followed.
You don’t deserve to live. You are useless. If only you’d
never been born. The string of insults was rote to Chloe. She
simply endured the abuse and continued to apologize, but that
did little to abate Isabella’s anger. Finally, Isabella grabbed Chloe
by the collar, lifted her face up from the floor, and struck her
cheek once more with all her might.
A warm sensation gushed from Chloe’s nose as splotches of
dark red bloomed in her field of view.
Drip... Drip...