Bewitched
I thought nothing could rival it—until now, when I walked away from a queen’s chamber carrying that same weight of dismissal in my chest.
The wardens’ grip was harsh, but I barely felt it. My arms ached, my legs stumbled, but the greater pain was lodged deep inside, a heaviness that dragged my spirit down with each step. I wanted to weep—how easy it would be, to surrender to the breaking of my voice, to let tears streak my face and prove what I already knew: that I was not strong, had never been strong. But I remained silent. It was as though the Queen’s rejection had frozen something in me, numbing even the instinct to cry. Her eyes had looked through me as if my words were disease, as if t
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