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The Dance
#100StoryChallenge — No56
Sir Edwin hadn’t intended to volunteer to teach the princess how to dance.
“Oh, go on, Ed,” his friend cajoled. “Teach the little lady how it’s done.”
At a loss, Edwin cast a questioning look to the princess — who just smiled at him shyly. Then she held out her hand.
“Shall we?”
How could he refuse the girl whose life he was sworn to protect?
But grasping her hand shouldn’t have felt so easy, so simple, so right.
“Is this okay?” he asked gruffly, his hand finding her waist.
She nodded — though her cheeks were stained scarlet. “Yes, it’s perfect.”
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:
