*** Warning to all those apposed to blood, guts and gore, do not read. **
“You fat useless whore! You think a prince would ever be interested in the likes of you?! Huh, you think you could hang off a delicious arm like that? You can’t even do that right. You useless wench!” Marylinn yelled at Scarlette as she brought in another tray of cookies.
“Why don’t you get up off your bottom to get your own damn cookies, you whorish slut!” Scarlette had found her breaking point.
“What did you say?” Marylinn stood slowly and calmly.
“You heard me! Get off your arse and do something useful besides eat!” Scarlette smashed the plate of cookies in front of her. Marylinn backhanded her cheek, on that hand, graced a ruby ring at least 6 carrots with begets surrounding it.
Scarlette flew back and landed on the ground stunned, her hand came up to cover the new cut on her face. That was it, Scarlette had had enough. No one was allowed to treat her like that anymore!
Standing, Scarlette went to slap her mother back, but before she could have any of that satisfaction, her mother grabbed upper arm broodingly hard and threw her across the room and into a mirror. Shards embedded themselves into Scarlette’s shoulder and arm. Reaching into her skirts, Scarlette pulled out the butcher’s knife she hid there earlier that day and slashed her mother across the abdomen and went for another swing as Marylinn doubled over in the pain she would obviously be feeling. The next swipe landed itself in the back of her neck, it wasn’t a strong enough blow to sever the head, or even cut into the spinal cord, so she cut again and again and again. Scarlette didn’t stop until she knew her mother was good and dead.
Falling to her knees in tears, she knew she had no choice but to be on the run again. Running away from the one man who wanted to chase after her, but as a criminal in line for the gallows. Running was her only option.
Scarlette picked up her skirts and ran. She ran out of the house and without thinking, into the blackened forest the night had caused.
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Undisclosed Desires
RomanceMeet Scarletta, a 20 year old girl who dreams of becoming a musketeer, one of the protectors of the royal family. There is just one problem: No girl has ever been a musketeer before! Scarletta and her best friend Camille travel to Paris where they d...
