Because she knows what it's like to live in a world of black, and black, and the tiny bit of white, but when she escaped it, she didn't find the rainbow of colors, the dresses, the singing, the dancing. She only found ugliness.
Alexandra BrackenThank you,โ he was whispering, โthank you, thank you.โฆโ And then he was kissing my face, every inch of it he could find, wiping away the tears and soot, chanting my name.
Alexandra BrackenOwain told me about the beautiful, fair-haired Vesta. It took me several minutes to work out that Vesta was a horse, and that Owain was possibly in love with her.
Alexandra Bracken