“So if that’s why you brought me here, you can just fuck off.” The queen blinked rapidly. Violet guessed no one had ever told her to fuck off before, but she lifted her chin because the words had felt so good. She could say no. Never again would she be pressured into being someone she wasn’t. She had power over her choices. She was a smart woman. A goddamned smart, mother fucking woman. And she’d said no.
