Be careful of the quiet, the demure, the seemingly naïve; the girl with pretty smiles and empty laughter, with rebellion reflecting in her hidden frowns, with true intentions locked away in gentle angles. The immortals may be thought dead, but she hides behind the ribcage.
Pomegranate perfume steals the air from the room. Cloying. A hungry queen squeezes the heart, nurtures the greed. The girl dips ink like eating forbidden fruit, signs her name like a curse, hides behind the façade of innocence and lets the others label her new husband a blackmailer.
The Queen of the Dead still lives.
Author bio: Vidisha Phalke is a full-time writer and part-time high school student. She hopes to help create a more magical world.
Seeds is part of 101 Fiction issue 14.
Wicked imagery this one ... looking forward
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