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Ch 17: Ghosts and Confessions
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A Girl Can Only Dream Ch 22: Who's not ready?
The next day, the castle felt different.Lighter. Louder.Cole had thrown a party with the enthusiasm of someone determined to prove that he could throw one. Music drifted through the halls, glasses clinked, laughter echoed against stone walls.For what felt like a long time, I could finally breathe.Cole was everywhere at once. Laughing, greeting the guests, playing the perfect host. Megan hovered nearby, radiant and relaxed. Seeing them together eased something in my chest.I told myself yesterday was a fluke.Cassian was nowhere to be seen. It felt as if he was avoiding me. Victoria arrived fashionably late.She didn't announce herself. She never needed to. Conversations shifted as she entered, heads turning , attention bending to her direction. She looked unbothered, as if the night had always belonged to her.I had drank more than I should have.One glass had turned into another, then another, the warmth spreading through my veins until the room started spinning. The music was g
A Girl Can Only Dream Ch 21: The fishy hotel
The hotel was breathtaking in the way only old money new how to be.Everything smelled faintly of citrus and another scent I could not quite pin down. Victoria took it all in with the ease of someone who just didn't belong here but like she owned the place. Wouldn't be surprised if she did."This hotel," she said as we were led to our table, "is one of my favourites. Me and the owner go way back." She smiled, a small knowing smile. "I practically watched it grow from renovation disaster to this."Jonah murmured something impressed. I just nodded.Before we even sat properly, victoria already had the menu in hand. She barely glanced at it."We'll have the aged salmon," she told the waiter smoothly. "And the house wine. The older bottle. Not the one the tourists gets."The waiter nodded and then quietly disappeared.I hadn't even opened my mouth."You'll love it," she said turning to me. "It's a simple local cuisine. But people trying to modernize it ruined it. But here they follow the
A Girl Can Only Dream Ch 20:Past wants to be future
The next day I awoke with a heavy resolve on my chest.Whatever had sparked between me and Cassian, I had decided it needed to be forgotten. Guilt didn't suit me, and fear.....fear of discovering how deep my feelings ran, suited me even less. Especially when opening them would cost me one thing I was afraid to lose. Cole.After breakfast, I lingered in the corridors , restless and unsure of what to do with myself. That was when One of the staff noticed my unease and gently suggested a distraction." The museum downtown is open today," the woman said . "It's quiet and most people find it grounding."So I went.The museum was hushed and cool. Paintings stared at me from another century, faces long gone and blissfully unaware of modern guilt and inconvenient attraction.I let out a slow breath.I allowed myself to hope that Cassian, like so many artefacts preserved behind glass, could be locked.I wandered slowly through the museum, my footsteps soft on the polished floor. Glass cases gl
A Girl Can Only Dream Ch 19: A friendship and a whatever ish
By the time I made it back to my room, I had stumbled thrice and fell twice. Tears wouldn't stop falling from my eyes. I wasn't crying because of him....my buttock was in a lot of pain. I was lying to myself.I was embarrassed. Why did I tear up before him? When did I become so pathetic?Luckily no one was around to witness my breakdown. An ugly one at that. Snort and all. I loathed him.I was now on the bed, lying on my stomach, my head nestling on my folded hands. My mind denied me rest. It dragged me through every encounter with him, and how horny I must've acted. I had sworn after that terrible dating with Daniel, I had grown immune to it all. But with Cassian, I was a mess. Emotional. Wanting. Pathetically wanting.I was alone in this dangerous yearning.Or was this just a swell of hormones? Come to think of it......With a sharp inhale, I fumbled for my phone on the nightstand, swiping at the screen with trembling fingers as I opened my period tracker.Two days late. My stomach
A Girl Can Only Dream Ch 18: A walk and a fall
My boots sank slightly into the softened earth as I wandered through the garden. I had taken my blog pictures already, and now I was just walking.Cole had left for the main palace. Megan had dragged Sarah to some fancy tea party she'd gotten invited to. I had the castle to myself.Or so I thought.And then, at the corner of my eye, I saw something move.A blur of white fur zipped past the path ahead, fast enough to make me stop in my tracks. I turned quickly.Nothing.Maybe it was a trick of the light. Another rustle. Then a puff of something white peeked out from behind the edge. I squinted, stepping closer.A round face.Black eyes like shiny beads.A soft, panting grin."....oh my god," I whispered, dropping to a crouch.The Samoyed puppy bounce out from the hedge like a little cloud come to life, tail wagging, fur fluffy and dew or whatever it was clinging onto it. He let out a happy yip and came charging to me, it's grace forgotten."Hi there," I laughed as he crashed into my
A Girl Can Only Dream Ch 17: Ghosts and Confessions
The rain was still pouring. It was soft, persistent, the sky had forgotten how to stop since it ripped open in the afternoon. Thunder rumbled distantly, a growl that rolled through the castle walls.I stirred.My room was dark now, the dim light of the afternoon already gone. Only the flicker of lightening illuminated the space in brief silver bursts. I blinked, groggy, eyes adjusting to the shadows.I had just had a much needed nap.I sat up slowly, my limbs heavy from sleep. I stretched my hands before hastily brushing the hair from my face. Another flash of lightning cracked through the sky.....and it illuminated a figure.Seated on the armchair next to the closet.I was not alone.My heart stilled before picking up a fast paced. I became nauseous.I squinted into the dark, rubbing my eyes, hoping my grogginess was tricking me. But when the next bolt hit, the figure was still there. No longer leaning back but now seated up.My back straightened, the hairs at the back of my head on
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