WHY CHOOSE?
"High enough that it won't show in most dresses, but they'll see it when they fuck her. A nice reminder of what she really is."
"Perfect," my stepmother agreed.
Luna approached with the poker. The heat from it made my skin prickle, made sweat break out across my forehead. I could smell the metal, acrid and burning.
"Hold her still," my stepmother commanded, her grip on my arm tightening until I felt my bones grind together.
I thrashed, desperate now. "PLEASE! I'm sorry, I'm sorry for whatever I did, please don't—"
"You want to know what you did?" My stepmother leaned in close, her breath hot on my ear. "You were born. You existed. You reminded your father every day of the mistake he made wit