Vanity by Sonya Writes

Author:Sonya Writes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fairy tale, snow white
Publisher: Sonya Writes

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mirror mirror, on the wall

When Cassius awoke the next morning, Augustus’s side of the bed was empty. She was disappointed at first and then relieved. She needed a moment alone. Her heart still ached from the night before.

“Good night, Genevieve.”

She couldn’t believe he’d said that. Sure, he was tired. It had been a long day for both of them, but it was their wedding night. Cassius had tried to tell herself leading up to the wedding that she wasn’t just a replacement wife to him, but after he called her Genevieve the second time that night she could no longer convince herself.

She closed her eyes and sighed. “Be strong,” she said. “You can be strong.” She got out of bed and put on one of the gowns in the closet. They were all new, again. She wondered what happened to her old ones.

As she left the room, one of the servants approached her. “His Majesty is in the throne room,” she said. “I think he’s waiting for you to arrive.”

Cassius thanked her and hurried toward the throne room.

He beamed when he saw her “Cassie! My queen. A gift has just arrived from the Seven Dwarfs of Jeweled Fall. I hoped you would awake soon so we could open it together.”

She noticed the large object wrapped in cloth and wondered what it could possibly be. It was nearly her height, three times her width, and thinner than a brick.

Cassius moved to stand next to him. “What is it?” she asked.

He laughed. “I don’t know yet. As I said, I wanted to open it together, like we did for the gifts we received last night.” He gestured to the object. “Why don’t you do the honor?”

She stepped toward it and carefully untied the ribbon. With the ribbon undone, the cloth slipped the floor to reveal a magnificent mirror. Cassius’s mouth dropped open and she stared at, her reflection shining back at her. The frame was made of gold and formed to look like a rosebush with brilliant rubies shining from golden stems. The whole mirror shimmered and shone.

“It’s beautiful,” she said.

Augustus broke the seal on the letter that accompanied it. He started to read aloud but then stopped and read in silence.

“Take the mirror to our bedroom,” he asked. The servants quickly moved to do as they were told. Once they were alone, he turned to Cassius.

“It isn’t just a mirror,” he said.

“What do you mean?”

He read the note to her.

Please accept our sincere apologies in regard to the lateness of our gift. Thy wedding came as a surprise to us and we were not able to finish our gift in time. This is a gift we have been preparing for weeks, and when we heard of your impending wedding we tried to complete it as quickly as possible. We suspected that you would remarry shortly, and we asked amongst ourselves what sort of gift would be most useful to a twice married king and his bride. We hope this gift will be a blessing to your household and the entire kingdom.

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