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“Why would we expect you to know anything, given that you spent the last twenty-one years of your life in chains? What happened to you was awful, Izidora, and I’m certain I don’t know the full extent of it. I’m here when you’re ready to share. But for now, go easy on yourself, yeah?”
“If you believe you are helpless, you will always be helpless. If you believe you can do this, then you will eventually succeed. But you have to persevere and be willing to give it your fucking all. Don’t let anything hold you back.”
“We may have removed the chains from your body, but only you can remove the chains from your mind. You have an opportunity now to change your story for the better. You are not meant to be a victim. You are meant for so much more.”
Those who abused me would receive their comeuppance one day, and I would bathe in their blood as I cut down my enemies. No one would hurt me ever again.
“You have a fire deep within you,” I told her. “Don’t let anyone or anything blow out that flame.”
“I think you are a fighter and a survivor, and that makes you all the more precious to me.”
I scrounged for something to wear in the attached closet. While walking out in a towel to sit with Kazimir would be a great way to get his attention, I wasn’t sure that I was ready for it, though it was obvious he was. His touches were tender, and though I did not want them at first, he’d slipped past my walls somewhere along the way, and those touches knit the shattered pieces of my soul together.
“As you wish, Princess.”
“You have no idea the lengths I would go to for you. I am not like the others. Once I have you, there will be no letting go. So choose carefully, Izidora.”
“The most beautiful blooms hide the sharpest thorns. You are a deadly bloom, Izidora, and don’t let anyone see your thorns until it’s too late.”
