Project Unicorn, Volume 2 by Sarah Diemer & Jennifer Diemer

Author:Sarah Diemer & Jennifer Diemer [Diemer, Sarah & Diemer, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sarah Diemer
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“The crown?” whispers Una. Her fingers are threaded through mine so tightly, it almost hurts—but it’s the only thing holding me here, now.

My last night before I’m crowned prince.

My last night before I become myself.

“My inheritance,” I whisper, shaking my head. “I’ve never wanted it. She knows that, I think. But…Father…” I trail off, let go of her hands, put my face against my palms.

I’ve played it out a thousand times. A thousand times a thousand. When I tell my father that I’m not his son, but his daughter, that I love him, that I wish I could make him prouder, that he was always so proud to have finally had a son, someone to carry on the line of the kingdom…all gone, all destroyed.

I never wanted it, any of it. In my fantasies, my father tells me that he still loves me, that I still have a place here. But he’s Byrr the mer-king. He’s never shown mercy to a petty thief let alone the dashing of all of his dreams for me.

Tomorrow I won’t just lose my inheritance. I’ll lose my home. My place in the world that has been kept safe for me.

I’ll lose my family.

“Don’t think about that,” whispers Una, holding me close. But I can hear her heartbeat thunder, beneath her bones.

I close my eyes, water moving through my gills, our hearts beating, our bodies entwined.

But when I close my eyes, my father’s face is there. Terrible and angry.

And bearing the deepest mask of sadness I can imagine as I turn and leave him forever.

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