Prolouge

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I started preening in the mirror. I look good just a bit rough around the edges but besides that everything else was fine. I tuck the loose hair to my ear. God, this felt too quick to be real. It was at first very charming when I was smaller, endearing even. I pictured 35 different men swooning over me and kneeling at my feet while holding a ring. While sighing to myself I thought it was too good to be true. I always wondered how my first kiss would be. Would he steal it from me or would he wildly embrace me then do it? How lovely it is to know how to fall in love and how to feel that you're loved

I finally close the book I was reading. No matter how I read the whole thing or ask everything to Silvia, I just can't seem to jerk off this, THIS THING INSIDE OF ME! As I heard the knock at my door, I somehow think of what Gavril said:

"The Selection is an opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth" and now I speculate this question:

Are they just up for the crown or are they in it for me?

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