Dreadfully Ever After

Failure is but the longer road to triumph.

Could it really be this easy to land a handsome man? If so, why didn't I try it ages ago?

So she did the English thing. She changed the subject.

We can honor what lies behind us without being a slave to it,” Kitty said.

Longbows, crossbows, hair bows, rainbows - that's not the point.

Somewhere in the city, Pestilence was raising an army for its fellow horseman, Death.

but it could have gone worse.” “Indeed,” her father replied. “At least none of us were eaten.

like a shaft of coal jutting from a glass of milk.

Sparring gowns, battle gowns, executioner’s gowns—it didn’t matter. They were all dull dull dull!

Though animals would do in a pinch, there wasn’t a zombie alive (so to speak) who’d choose one over fresh homo sapiens.

she instead pictured Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s bloody, broken body at her feet. It proved a more comforting thought.

If you truly must obey your mistress. If you truly must have revenge, then you can start with me. But if you choose to follow your own path, well you can start that with me too if you like.