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Fair Blue Waters
100 Faces in 100 Stories — No3
Jan 3, 2023
I thought I knew my worth the moment you chose me.
Your scaly hands closed around my cheeks, cradling me in their slick chill. Your face was inhuman and wrong, yet I didn’t feel fear. Instead, I felt the burn of curiosity course through me.
“What say you?” the Kraken King asked. “Will you be my bride?”
Another maiden might have fainted right then and there.
Instead, I stood strong and smiled.
“What other option do I have?”
But you heard the sarcasm in my voice. The quick response seemed to amuse you.
Then you pulled me beneath the waves.
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