She dips a hand into the cauldron and coats her #arm in slow strokes from shoulder to wrist. Smoothing balm into the jagged ruin as her fingers trace the edges of the scars.
It will heal in time– for now it’s a grim reminder that not all fairy tales have happy endings.
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