The Rose Bargain

The Rose Bargain

Author: Sasha Peyton Smith Listening Length: 10h 30m

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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“No,”

I whisper. I turn to Olive, who looks stricken, her face parchment white as she stares down at the paper. On each newspaper is a number written in the corner. Mine is emblazoned with a bold 1, though what I did to win, I don’t understand.

Someone is weeping across the hall. I race to Marion and Faith’s room to find Emmy in tears and Marion holding Faith in her arms.

“She killed her?”