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Her Universe
100 Faces in 100 Stories — No75
Mar 16, 2023
I had heard enough stories about the goddess Ximena to know she was a fickle mistress to behold. But I had to pay my dues so I could ask my questions. Whatever the goddess had in store for me, I knew it would be worse if I simply walked away and left empty-handed.
My family was at stake. How could I forsake them?
But the moment I knelt at her altar, I felt the change.
Something shivered through me. What, I could not name.
Then I looked up and there she stood, waiting.
“Well? What have you brought me?”
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