The Rose Bargain

The Rose Bargain

Author: Sasha Peyton Smith Listening Length: 10h 30m
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London, 1848—For four hundred years, England has been under the control of an immortal fae queen who tricked her way onto the throne. To maintain an illusion of benevolence, Queen Mor grants each of her subjects one opportunity to bargain for their deepest desire. As Ivy Benton prepares to make her debut, she knows th...

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London, February 1848

Lydia has been missing for eight days, and I’m beginning to fear that our parents are going to wake up in the morning and find my bed empty too.

A noise in the dark alley to my left makes me jump, but it’s just a rat tearing through a pile of rubbish.

I’ve shivered my way through the city for miles, ignoring hecklers and stepping over half-dead beggars. Usually, my parents say to pay them no mind, that they’ve had the same opportunity to bargain with the queen as the rest of us, but they’re harder to ignore tonight.