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I watch her pace the floor. Her hands start turning white, she has to release all that tension soon.
"If you don't want this, then tell me. I can do this on my own," I say it but it's not true.
I want her help with this.
She wistfully gazes out to the sea.
Air clogs my throat. Cold air slaps me to reality. My reality.
"I still want to do it. The curse has to be broken," she whispers.
She releases the fists and prepares her hand for the blade.
This was not supposed to be her destiny. Why did I have to drag her with me?
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Mermaids & Land (Dark Fairytale Retelling)
Povídky"Take this," the silver of the knife glints in the moonlight, "you will have to slice his throat before midnight." °°° She had seen him on a ship. Hair flying majestically, eyes glinting with the ocean and crown hanging from a rope tied to his pants...
