Ashes (Post-Apocalyptic Fairy Tales #2)

Ashes (Post-Apocalyptic Fairy Tales #2)

Author: Claire Kent Listening Length: 4h 34m
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She needs to escape her stepmother, and he’s the only prince around. Ever since my father died and my sister left, I’ve been trapped in a life of drudgery with a stepfamily as wicked as the storybooks say. Life after the apocalypse offers few choices, and I only have three. I can stay and be miserable. I can die in t...

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Chapter 9

I wake up heavy and still upset the next morning.

In fact, I feel so bad about all my failures yesterday that I don’t even go out to help Mason with morning chores. He’s said repeatedly that he doesn’t need my help, and doing nothing but Genevieve and Vera this morning would remind me of yesterday’s embarrassment.

So I putter around the kitchen until it’s time to start fixing breakfast. I’m careful as I break the eggs and chop the ham, onions, and mushrooms for the omelets. As I cook, I plan out some sort of apology to Mason about yesterday.

All it takes to end a marriage in the Central Cities is to turn in more paperwork to the government. Mason can end our arrangement anytime he wants.