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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I’ve pictured this moment for months. I’ve written down what I plan to ask for over and over, fed the paper to the fire until I was sure I would make no mistakes.

“Your Majesty.”

My voice is high and sweet, just like I practiced. I hunch my shoulders in an attempt to make myself as small as possible. So small, a nothing person, absolutely no one. “I wish to undo the bargain you made with my sister, Lady Lydia Benton, on Saturday, the first of May, eighteen forty-six. Whatever you gave her, let it be returned, and whatever she gave you, may it be given back to her, wholly and unaltered.”

I take a breath as I finish, relieved to have gotten it right.