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‘Maybe your wings are invisible, Roxana,’
But hearing people’s thoughts often feels more like a curse than a blessing.
You are capable of more than you realize.”
“But change isn’t something to fear, right, Roxana?”
“Change provides opportunities.
“How would you know? You’re not a fairy.”
One last choice to complete the collection. “How else could they have convinced King Aleksander to free them?”
to the freeing of the fairies twenty years ago, just before my birth,
if someone doesn’t think you are a threat, then you have the advantage.
Most of the really religious fairies went back to Areya before either of us were even born.
traditions are things of the past.
Religion and tradition are better in private, since the world of Florencia is always moving forward, and we don’t want to get left behind.
“You have to be brave, Xana, or you’ll never be free again.”
“Just tell me what you want.”
“I don’t want power!”
“This isn’t just about you, Roxana. But if you want to protect yourself, you will do what I say.”
“I’m protecting you by advising you, helping you to survive, to seize this opportunity.”
that’s your choice. But you’d be foolish to disregard my advice.”
I envy their ignorance.
I don’t speak. I don’t know what I could possibly say to ease their fears.
For the first time, I’m not jealous. I’m overwhelmed with thankfulness that I don’t have wings.
A trophy like we are now trophies.
But the memories give no comfort; they only drown me deeper in the abyss of regret and sorrow.
“If I die, I die.”
If I die, I die.
