The Muse

by Jessie Burton

Although she was about the same height as the girl, Olive felt much bigger than both of them, and uneasy for it – her arms too long and her head too large, her limbs out of control, giving her away.

I would not have predicted it; and I was glad of the lack of forewarning. Had I known such things were going to be promised me, I would have been too intimidated by their weirdness and they probably wouldn’t have happened.