[age 14]
It's Christmas in a few months. I've been looking for a while now, but I can't decide what to get Lavender. I just want to give her the perfect gift but I have no idea what that is.
That's when I see it. I'm at the Saturday market with my mother and amidst the bustling crowds and rich scent of fresh bread, I spot it.
A woman sits by the stall, her draping grey curls piled up high on her head.
It's perfect.
A delicate silver chain with a pendant on the end. A glass flower.
I gave it to her and told her to reach up and hold onto it whenever she was scared. I told her it would help calm her thoughts.
I told her it was magic.
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Lavender Monarch has Exactly Thirteen Fears
Teen FictionLavender Monarch has exactly thirteen fears. She knows this because she has them written down on a list she carries with her everywhere. Lavender has made a promise to herself that she will face and overcome every one of these fears. That is, excep...
