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Fifty Fall of the Rebel Queen I was wide awake that night, laying in bed when I saw Adrian. The room changed quickly, forming walls of...
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Daisy Torres
Oct 25, 20225 min read
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Forty-Nine Gone? If I had stayed when Adrian told me to leave, maybe my world would still be in one piece. But I didn’t, and I can’t go...
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Daisy Torres
Oct 25, 20226 min read
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Forty-Eight She Could Have Tried If I had known then what I know now, I never would have left him. But Adrian was safe. I just knew he...
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Daisy Torres
Aug 13, 20226 min read
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Forty-Seven One of Us It was early in the morning and I was having trouble sleeping. A sneeze tore itself from my lips and sent a fine...
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Daisy Torres
Aug 7, 20228 min read
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Forty-Six Nothing Left to Burn When I woke up, a day had passed. I was also starving—which wasn’t unusual for me, but this hunger was...
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Daisy Torres
Jul 30, 20227 min read
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Forty-Five Birds of Fate Dying is actually pretty annoying. I mean, when you think about it, you spend your whole life breathing and...
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Daisy Torres
Jul 29, 20227 min read
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Forty-Four Lock and Key Over the next few days, I was shown books, photos, and even videos—using fairy technology—of exactly why I needed...
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Daisy Torres
Jul 29, 20227 min read
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Forty-Three Going the Distance That night, my dreams were filled with Adrian. By morning, I was exhausted, but I forced myself to bathe...
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Daisy Torres
Jul 11, 202214 min read
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Forty-Two Army of the Banned We were led to our room which—surprise, surprise—was meant for a married couple and not two separate people...
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Daisy Torres
Jul 11, 20227 min read
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Forty-One The Duke’s House We left the little elf village pretty soon after discussing our plans. Part of me wanted to stay there longer...
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Daisy Torres
Jun 25, 20227 min read
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Forty The Elven Village We never reached the duke’s house that day. —Not because anything bad happened, I just wouldn’t stop fussing...
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Daisy Torres
Jun 18, 20227 min read
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Thirty-Nine Wystilor Sterling grabbed me by the shoulders and began kissing me passionately, which took me by surprise. I wasn’t sure how...
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Daisy Torres
Jun 11, 20226 min read
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Thirty-Eight The Quest for Adrian It had been two days after our wedding and I hated not knowing if Adrian was safe or even alive. He was...
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Daisy Torres
Jun 4, 20228 min read
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Thirty-Seven Happily Nopety Never The crowd cheered and the music started again, upbeat and happy. In a way, it almost felt like they...
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Daisy Torres
May 28, 20226 min read
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Thirty-Six The Kiss There were two nights in my life that were the worst nights I’d ever experienced. The first was the night I had to...
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Daisy Torres
May 22, 20229 min read
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Thirty-Five Plans We left the next day and traveled for three hours on the backs of dolphins. —Well, I say they were dolphins, but each...
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Daisy Torres
May 14, 202212 min read
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Thirty-Four People of Shadow Go to sleep?! We’ll talk more in the morning?! How dare he, first of all. Second of all, I’d like to knock...
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Daisy Torres
May 8, 20227 min read
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Thirty-Three The Mirror’s Mermaid We stayed in our own rooms in the king’s underwater castle. I laid inside a cocoon weaved of kelp that...
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Daisy Torres
Apr 23, 20227 min read
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Thirty-Two The City in the Sea Sterling and the merman silently conversed with their hands for the duration of our trip. I really wished...
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Daisy Torres
Apr 23, 20226 min read
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Thirty-One Pull me Under “It’s just water! You’ll be fine!” “But there’s a whole kingdom down there–I don’t like super deep water.”...
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