The Devil in the Mirror
Chapter 28
Rose's POV:
The clock chimes twelve times, indicating the twelfth hour, and the beginning of a new day. I gasp at the final ring, and my eyes meet his quickly for a split second, before Im gone, quickly dashing through the halls and from the still crowded ball room, but all of that is at the back of my mind. I need to get out of here, and fast.
I flee down the stairs at a alarming rate, so fast I'm afraid i'll slip in my heels, but somehow, I manage to make it mostly all the way down without so much as losing my balance. That's when I hear him, shouting out my name and then he's there, at the top of the stairs. For a single breathtaking moment, time appears to be frozen, and I still, and we just stare at each other, our eyes locked. But then, time starts again, and he's chasing after me, taking the stairs two at a time in a desperate attempt to reach me before I'm gone. I move again too, getting to the bottom step before i lose my footing, and a precious glass slipper. I glance back at it, already missing the delicate slipper, but I have no time, so I abandon it, rushing from the palace.
He on the other hand, stopped for the briefest moment, to pick up the fragile shoe, and he gently cradled it against his chest as he watched me run from the castle, a look fo utter heartbreak on his handsome face. I look back one last time regretfully before I jump into my carriage, and the journey home has begun.
I fold my hands in my lap, after slipping off my other glass heel, holding the shoe in my lap. I look intently at the decorative heart at the toe of the slipper, and notice a slight crack in the garment, along with a small droplet of water. Oh, I realize, tears, as i quickly brush away the stinging liquid.
i cry when I reach home. i stay awake for hours, long into morning, as the sun begins to rise even, just crying my heart out. I remain collapsed upon the small stone bench out int the courtyard as I cry, oblivious to her presence behind me.
"Oh dear child," she coos, pulling me into her arms.
"That isn't the end of your fairytale, you'll get your happy ending, just you see," she smiles, running her hands calmingly down my back.
i sniffle in response, and look up at her greying face, noticing the wrinkles in her kind face.
"really?" i squeak out, and she only nods,
"Now all you have to do dearie, is wake up. Since I know that we both know who your true prince is, after all, you danced with him tonight."
as she says that my mind is transported back to when we danced, how our eyes met. And then all I see is his blue eyes.
Notes
So should i add another sequence in my fairytale dream thingy for Rose? Or should she wake up? Decisions decisions.
oh, in case anyone is confused, rose technically died in her dreams, so that's why she's experiencing al this
kinda like her life is flashing before her eyes
i'll explain in later chapters, promise!
Die For You - sequel
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3/25/15