What Wish So Haunted Excerpt (8)

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What would you know about family? Clara wanted to demand. At least your parents are alive. She would have welcomed the poison that lay if she wasn't tired enough, drained from days of court. House Rumiere played games, and when they played they wanted her to lose. The ladies stank of deceit, smiles wasted upon her background. Not everyone was welcoming of a princess. Nicol warned her, if a brisk mention was warning enough, and even so, this mad reality would become her life for the next months. Goodwill wasn't enough, not in this kingdom. Not for Margrita. Not for her parents. Nor for her brothers.

-Lisa R. Hopkins. Excerpt from What Wish So Haunted, Year 2017 Edition.

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