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Ice In Her Veins
#100StoryChallenge — No78
Jewels were the friends of some girls. Some preferred diamonds. Others, pearls. One or two might be happy with a stray sapphire.
Other girls were far more picky. The whims of the seasons were just the tip of all the things they wanted. Imagine a wildfire of a woman wanting to have flames at her very fingertips!
Ashla Dagger could do without the offerings of gems. No, she wanted the powers of ice and snow to be hers and hers alone.
The winter queen’s helm had been waiting for someone like her.
But what was a queen without a king?
This is a part of my endeavor to go back to writing tighter fiction with more stringent word counts. It’s just one attempt at the 100 Story Challenge because I thought it would be a good exercise to do to keep my imagination sharp. We’ll see how it goes.
For longer fiction, you may enjoy my stories linked below:
