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Submitted to Contest #15
Elysia had never wanted this life.From the time she could walk, she had been handed a sword; she had learned to balance its weight in her hands; she had learned how to fight—where to strike, how deep to cut. A princess must be strong, her father would say. A princess must be the strongest fighter in her kingdom.But Elysia had never wanted to fight. She had never wanted to kill.She was ten when she took her first life. She remembered how easily the blade had pierced through that soldier’s body, cutting straight through his heart as thoug...
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