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The wound that won't close
“Maman? What did you think when you gave birth to me? Was there ever a time where I was… something more than a piece on your chessboard?” she asks aloud. “Did I ever make you happy?”
Mae lay on her bed, staring up at the canopy with a blank expression. “I hate this. I want to know… how to be a parent, a mother, but all I can think of is how empty you made me feel… and how I never want any child to feel like that. But, if I’m as clueless of how to make a child feel loved as you were…”
She rolls over, grabbing a pillow and hugging it to herself. “Why did you have to hurt me like this? Why can’t I just… forget you? The only reason I wish you weren’t dead was so I could get some gods-damned answers for all this!” She sobs into her pillow.
Everyone was trying to reassure her. Sareena. Victor. Muse. Nel. But when she laid her head down at night, her mind turned back to these thoughts. Back to the idea that she was her mother’s daughter. The newest runaway nobles didn’t help. They reminded her that for all their infuriating behaviour she was just as bad. No, she was probably worse.
“I need to move.” Her muffled voice said into the bedding before she finally dragged herself to her feet. It was the dead of night as she moved around her dark room, getting dressed in her dark coat, hood, and thiefwear. She closed her balcony door behind her and slipped over the railing and was gone.
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The Last Rule
November 27th, 1882, - Novandria
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The Den
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Am I losing?
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A Close Call
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Plans
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New Toys
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Mistakes were made
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Too close to home
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Not like you.
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This City is Mine.
February 6th, 1883
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Aimless?
March 5, 1883 - Novandria
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The Game Begins
February 13th, 1883
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Too much like You
March 13, 1883
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Safer in Shadows
April 3, 1883
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New Beginnings
April 7th, 1883
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Ready to Run
April 17th, 1883
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Home
April 25, 1883
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Can you steal a heart?
May 8th, 1883
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Trouble
11th of May, 1883
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Heartbreak
14th of May, 1883
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Hunter or Prey?
16th of May, 1883
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Guilt
19th of May, 1883
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Untrustworthy
21st of May, 1883
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Why am I like this?
25th of May, 1883
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Worthy
8th of June, 1883
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The One She Left Behind
13th June, 1883
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Annnd it's back...
July 1st, 1883
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Learning to Fly
July 4th, 1883
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Thrill of the Hunt
July 29th, 1883
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From the Embers
21st of August, 1883 // 1867
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Mother Knows Best
16th of September, 1883
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A Snake, a Star, and a Fox
25th of September, 1883, Novandria
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It wasn't him.
28th of September, 1883, Novandria
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The New Blade
13th of September, 1883
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Something Good
October 31, 1883 - Novandria
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The wound that won't close
18th of December, 1883 - Novandria
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Promise
25th of December, 1883 - Novandria
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Fallen through the cracks
6th of January, 1884 - Novandria
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Day to Night
7th of January, 1884
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What's Left to the Shadows
22nd of January, 1884, Novandria
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The World without Colour
18th of February, 1884, Bellancourt, Montaigne,
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Seventeen Roofs
26th of February, Novandria, Eisen
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Crossing the Board
4th of March, 1884, Novandria, Eisen
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New Freedom
May 4th, 1884
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Saved
5th of May, 1884/16th of July, 1858
November 27th, 1882, - Novandria
February 6th, 1883
March 5, 1883 - Novandria
February 13th, 1883
March 13, 1883
April 3, 1883
April 7th, 1883
April 17th, 1883
April 25, 1883
May 8th, 1883
11th of May, 1883
14th of May, 1883
16th of May, 1883
19th of May, 1883
21st of May, 1883
25th of May, 1883
8th of June, 1883
13th June, 1883
July 1st, 1883
July 4th, 1883
July 29th, 1883
21st of August, 1883 // 1867
16th of September, 1883
25th of September, 1883, Novandria
28th of September, 1883, Novandria
13th of September, 1883
October 31, 1883 - Novandria
18th of December, 1883 - Novandria
25th of December, 1883 - Novandria
6th of January, 1884 - Novandria
7th of January, 1884
22nd of January, 1884, Novandria
18th of February, 1884, Bellancourt, Montaigne,
26th of February, Novandria, Eisen
4th of March, 1884, Novandria, Eisen
May 4th, 1884
5th of May, 1884/16th of July, 1858
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