The breaking point came during the Harvest Gala. As the nobility toasted to "eternal prosperity," Ella looked out the window and saw the flickering, dim lights of the lower city, where the prosperity hadn't reached.
The silk curtains of the palace were beautiful, but to Cinderella, they felt increasingly like the bars of a very expensive cage. The breaking point came during the Harvest Gala
It wasn't magic, but for the first time, the life Ella lived was actually hers. It wasn't magic, but for the first time,
Six months after the glass slipper fit, the "happily ever after" had hit the wall of royal reality. Prince Charming—whose name was actually Frederick—wasn't a villain; he was just a man who had never had to pour his own water or make a single difficult decision. Frederick looked up from the racing forms, blinking
Frederick looked up from the racing forms, blinking. “The stewards handle that, darling. Why don't you come look at the new marble for the ballroom? It’s imported from the coast.”