Mushrooms (Insanity Book 8) by Cameron Jace

Author:Cameron Jace [Jace, Cameron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Story Book
Published: 2017-12-17T16:00:00+00:00

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Past: Wonderland

The Duchess opened the door for the Queen of Hearts. She hadn’t been used to that. Her Majesty visiting a poor, neglected woman like her was more of a threat than an honor. Margaret let her inside, watching the army of Reds waiting outside. She wondered if today would be the last day of her life.

“Please come in,” she ushered the Queen.

“Ugly house,” the Queen took off her red gloves. “But then again, ugly woman.”

Margaret said nothing, and ate a bite from her food instead of eating shit.

“I need a chair,” the Queen demanded.

Margaret nodded obediently. She put the food away and went and fetched a chair. She had to choose between ramshackle and crippled, though she’d have loved to see the short Queen fall.

The Queen embarked the chair. She was still shorter than Margaret, but not that much. “Now we can speak,” the Queen plastered a wicked smile on her face.

“Please do,” Margaret laced her hands before her. “I am listening, My Queen.”

“How is my sister doing?”

“As planned,” Margaret said.

“How long has it been?”

“Three months.”

“Is she still cutting herself?” the Queen asked.

“All of the time.”

“So she believes in the dark magic.”

Margaret nodded, “She thinks it’s real.”

“How many cuts?”

“Last time she was here she was a beast of scars,” Margaret said. “She paints over them to make them look like tattoos. She looks terrible.”

“And how is her mind?”

“She is going insane.”

The Queen smiled. It was a slow smile, forming with pleasure and satisfaction. She leaned forward. “Is she suffering?”

“A terrible suffering, my Queen.”

“Fabulous,” she did a little dance on top of the chair. “You have done well, Margaret. I have managed to drive my sister insane. I can’t wait to see when she discovers that I have played her twice. Once with the Pillar, once with you.”

“I hate myself for what I am doing to her,” Margaret says. “She was such young, fine girl.”

“Was.” The Queen nodded agreeably. “Was.”

“I expect you’ll pay now,” Margaret collected herself.

“But of course,” the Queen said. “Here, take this.”

Margaret reached and grabbed a bottle of pink substance. She stared weirdly at it.

“It won’t make you taller,” the Queen mocked her. “But you know what? It will make you beautiful.”

“Does it work?” Margaret was skeptical.

The Queen threw glances left and right, then signaled for Margaret to come closer. She said in a whispering voice, “It does work. How do you think I stay beautiful all the time?”

Margaret cringed. The Queen was far from beautiful, but not as ugly as the Duchess. She nodded and accepted the reward.

“Wait a week or so, and you will see results,” the Queen stated. “I advise you to leave this house, live somewhere else, and change your name too.”

“Why?”

“You will look different,” she said. “If I were you, I’d ditch the Duchess name. Call yourself Margaret maybe.”

“I will consider it,” Margaret couldn’t believe she’d finally be beautiful, though she had done something terrible to get her beauty back. The pink spell had demanded she make someone ugly to be beautiful herself.

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