𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲

𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗲 - from One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig

“ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴏɴᴄᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ɢɪʀʟ,” ʜᴇ ᴍᴜʀᴍᴜʀᴇᴅ, “ᴄʟᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏᴏᴅ, ᴡʜᴏ ᴛᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ɪɴ ꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴘᴛʜꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏᴏᴅ. ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀʟꜱᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴋɪɴɢ—ᴀ ꜱʜᴇᴘʜᴇʀᴅ ʙʏ ʜɪꜱ ᴄʀᴏᴏᴋ, ᴡʜᴏ ʀᴇɪɢɴᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴍᴀɢɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʀᴏᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʟᴅ ʙᴏᴏᴋ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏɢᴇᴛʜᴇʀ, ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴀᴍᴇ: “ᴛʜᴇ ɢɪʀʟ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɪɴɢ… ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏɴꜱᴛᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇʏ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴍᴇ.”