The Professor’s Mate: The Moonborn Legacy
I was banished to this prison, my existence a stain on my family’s pristine canvas.
I swung my legs over the bed, my bare feet brushing the cold floorboards. My red hair, tangled from restless sleep, fell over my shoulders, catching the dim glow of a flickering bulb. I glanced at the mirror propped against a crate, my pale face staring back, freckles dotting my cheeks like scattered ash. My green eyes, dull with exhaustion, betrayed the nineteen years I’d spent surviving. I wasn’t beautiful, not like Mom—Karen—with her sleek blonde hair and sharp cheekbones. I was the oddity, the redheaded daughter who didn’t belong.