At 00:00, Cinderella ran away from her prince, leaving a glass slipper on the marbled steps of the grand staircase. At 00:00, I ran away from him. Unlike Cinderella, I didn't leave a single thing behind. © sonderingly

"Will you, Queen of Purgatory, reign in absolute silence and defy Heaven and Hell?" "May it be done according to your will." "And will you, The Executioner, stand by the Queen in times of resurgence of laws, testaments, and commandments?" "May it be done according to my will." As it is under The Executioner's will, the Queen becomes his marionette - his to control, his to dominate, and his to kill. Blindsided by his ruthless love, the Queen of Purgatory destroys the throne and succumbs to an ill-gotten fate of lunacy. * * * SPIN - OFF SEQUEL TO DEFYING GRAVITY ( CAN BE READ AS STAND-ALONE) cover by @solarwei

FREE STORY WITH EXCLUSIVE CONTENT. This is *not* a Paid Story. Eighteen-year-old hockey prodigy Elliot Wexler has three goals for senior year. One: somehow graduate with a 3.5 GPA. Two: hide his bipolar disorder from his peers. And three: make it into the NHL with no scandals. Piece of cake. What he doesn't expect is to find Lucy, a homeless girl, hiding from the winter frost in his dad's shed. Elliot's busy, complicated life doesn't permit room for error, and falling in love with a girl from a totally different world sounds like the opposite of a good idea. But Elliot can't help but be drawn to Lucy and her elusive ways--even when she seems to vanish from his life non-stop, each time leaving him with a bigger hole in his heart. But Elliot is determined to break down Lucy's barriers. And when he does, he discovers that her life is more complicated--and dangerous--than he could have imagined. With drafting season approaching, and Elliot's fragile mental health deteriorating, he's forced to face a difficult question: Is first love supposed to hurt so much? *** PLEASE DO NOT ADD THIS STORY TO GOODREADS.