Beatrice’s POVThe Giraffe Nr. 13 glowed soft under the Berlin dusk, the enchanted pond shimmering below my window. Edmund and Rosalind said good evening with a squawk. I sat cross-legged on the floor with brushes and makeup scattered, Linda beside me, her hoodie swapped for a sleek black dress and her page-cut hair loose.We’d already spilled our trauma dumping on eachother, me about Isabell’s childish tantrums and my fathers condescending tone, her about that psycho choking her voice away. Now it was girl time—dresses, jewelry, and fixing each other’s hair.I had ironed it pin straight with my flat iron. She looked so bomb!I swiped blush on her cheeks, grinning. “You’re hot, Linda, gonna knock that bastard dead tonight.”She smiled, small but real, brushing my bangs. “You too, a mauve-pink lipstick’s your vibe. We’re doing this, right?”“Damn right,” I said, clipping a silver hoop in her ear. “He’s fucked. you, me, charlie and Alarica? He has no chance against us.”Alarica, that b
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