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The Wrath of an Angry Goddess
100 Faces in 100 Stories — No7
Jan 7, 2023
I told my mother the cost of her wish, but she wouldn’t listen.
“I want to be young and beautiful! I won’t settle for less!”
She didn’t care that I had to shed blood or circle a star-ridden meadow under twin moons. She didn’t even care when I said she might never see me again.
I was willing to give her everything I had.
But the goddess refused.
“Child,” Althena whispered, “why would you do this?”
I looked up, barely able to keep my eyes open. “She’s my mother.”
Althena looked on with sadness.
“Then why do you weep?”
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