Back in her room, Kitty opened her jewellery box and took
out the bracelet the King had given her.
For months she’d worn it every day, hoping the marble would glow
again. It never did. The day she had taken it off she’d cried for
hours.
Now, here in her dorm room, there was still sadness,
tinged with the kind of loss she had hoped she’d never know again. But as Kitty put the bracelet back in the
jewellery box, she heard girls giggling down the hallway; she thought about
Shruti, who she was meeting for dinner in the cafeteria, and of her classes
that began next week. She could only
hope her new life would help her put the old one to rest once and for all.
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