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Weekly Contest #344
I drew in a deep, steadying breath as I turned the corner into the stone courtyard for the princess’s coronation, a deep feeling of knotted dread low in my abdomen. The modest courtyard was decorated in purple and pinks - a celebration as my beloved turned 25 and ascended the throne of the monarchy. We would not be allowed to be together until she could make the laws herself. I turned towards the center dais, knowing, that even though she would be queen - a forever with her would go against Fate’s plans. The stairs were burned into my min...
Weekly Contest #343
“Two, three, five, seven, eleven, thirteen, sevent—” “Hey!” Her shout cut through my counting, and I could feel the way my eyebrows knit together. “Hey!” she said again, this time softer. She was walking closer to me. Her gait was too slow to be a jog, yet aggravatingly too fast to be a stroll. I stopped walking, my fingers itching to keep walking and counting, but I took a deep breath instead. Dr. Thomas said I needed to practice. Practice, as she put it, “allowing life to exist.” Which I, frankly, thought was an idiotic turn of phrase. Lif...
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