Rose in the Dark: A dark gothic romance fairy tale retelling by Logan Fox

Author:Logan Fox [Fox, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Press
Published: 2020-08-19T16:00:00+00:00

I wake at a gentle hand to my shoulder. A twisted dream bursting with fire and unfelt flames disintegrates as I jerk to a sit and turn to face Pippa. Rose is at her bosom, the tiny infant fast asleep. Pippa is still wearing her cloak, but it flares open at the front and no longer offers any modesty.

“Would you like to hold her?” the girl asks, beaming at me as if she’s proud of the fact that she’s managed to get Rose to keep quiet.

I rush to my feet, the chair scraping back loudly on the flagstones. “No,” I snap. Whether it was my voice, or the noise I’d made, Rose wakes up and turns wide eyes to me. We stare at each other for a second before she bursts into a screeching wail.

Surprise flashes over Pippa’s face. She cradles Rose a little tighter, her mouth moving as if she wants to say something, but the words just don’t come.

I glare at her back as she takes Rose to her crib and tries to get my daughter to settle down again. There’s pressure around my hands, a warning tingle, and then sudden release. I glance down, my shoulders slumping at the sight of the split seam where my damaged flesh is now visible.

How many pairs of gloves have I ruined — eight, nine?

I rip them off my hands, shove my fists into my pockets, and leave my apartments in search of something to calm my anger.

A fool’s errand — nothing inside these walls has ever been able to calm me except a few glasses of cognac…and I wouldn’t dare even sniff a bottle in my current state.

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