A Firefly in the Shadows

In the magical world where Lady Helen lives, she decides to run away after making a life-changing mistake. While she successfully lives peacefully without being noticed, her wish to hide in the shadows is ruined when one of her many secrets is revealed: she defies the laws of magic and science.

Forced to run away once more, Helen encounters people she thought she'd never see again and feels things she thought she'd never have to deal with again. While she was able to successfully leave behind her problems of the past the first time, will Helen be able to do it again? Or, will she shine too bright to be unnoticed in the shadows?

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"...it's been a while."

He scoffed. "Yeah, no kidding, Helen," he spat.

He looked around for a second, noting the scenery and Emil sitting to my right. While Emil seemed only slightly interested as to why our dinner was interrupted, Henry's next statement, now that, really grabbed his attention.

"What are you doing here, Helen? For Gods' sake, you're the daughter of a duke," he scolded.

"And what are you doing here, Henry?" I retorted. "For Gods' sake," I mocked, "you're the crown prince. And married at that. Does Mabel know you're here, clearly snuck out and with no guard? You're much more foolish than you used to be."

At this, his face contorted as he held back on hurling an insult right away. Instead, he paused before calmly saying, "I'm not the foolish one here."

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Please give this story a chance. This is my first time ever writing anything, so I hope you enjoy reading it.