A Bond of Broken Glass by T.A. Lawrence EPUB & PDF

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• Author: T.A. Lawrence
• Language: English
• Genre: Fairy Tale Fantasy
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ELLIE
Contrary to popular belief—rather, the belief of a certain prince prone
to decisions made in haste and under the influence of copious
amounts of flattery—there were plenty of human women in the kingdom of
Dwellen whose feet were the same size. Maybe that was why my parents
and I thought the entire ordeal was so hilarious.
At first.

A crisp morning breeze wafted into my family’s breakfast room through
the nearest window, rays of light warping as they bent through the amateur
etchings I’d carved into the glass with my mother’s favorite kitchen knife
when I was nine.
My mother had eventually forgiven me.
The knife had not.

I sat at our hand-engraved mahogany table, the scent of coffee and
pastries and eggs sneaking in from the adjacent kitchen. It was my favorite
place to read the daily paper. Partially because the cherubs my mother had
painted onto the blue wallpaper always looked as if they were reading over
my shoulder. Partially because my father often did read over my shoulder, a
disapproving huff escaping from his mouth every time he happened across a
juicy piece of gossip.

My father always insisted there was no reason to stay caught up on
current events. After all, there was little our family could do to change what
was going on in the entire kingdom. Our responsibility was to the residents
of our city. We could make a difference to them, he always reminded me.
Who else would blow the glass to form the windows that kept the citizens
of Othian from freezing to death in the winter, while still allowing them to
enjoy the beauty of snowcapped mountains and rooftops from safely within
their heated homes?

At that, I was always quick to remind him that plenty of our neighbors
coveted our business and would happily take up the charge in the event of
our untimely demise.
Most of the time, I’d catch an amused tone hidden within his grunt.
I had a feeling that the discussion of today’s paper would be no
exception to our daily ritual.

Little did I know it would derail our ritual entirely.
“Oh, he didn’t!” I gaped in feigned terror, as all proper young ladies are
taught to do from a young age when they’ve learned of something
delightfully appalling. “Papa, you’ll never guess what the prince has done
now.”

I reared back, cackling, as all proper young ladies are taught not to do.
Mama strolled into the dining room from the kitchen balancing a tray,
atop which she had perched three piping hot bowls of oats.

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