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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It’s well past midnight when I’m awoken with a start by a footman. He’s shaking my shoulder roughly. For a moment I feel like I’m back in the fever dreams of May, but I blink against the sudden light of his lantern and realize I am awake.

“Come with me, miss,”

he commands. He gives me no time to dress, so I follow him, barefoot, in my nightdress, across the wooden floors.

The room is dark, with only the bouncing light of his lantern to see by, but it is unmistakable that Olive’s bed is empty.