Once upon a bad Christmas

Chapter 5 C214 Because I had mocha skin, the color of dark chocolate with a hint of coffee, and a head full of tightly coiled afro hair that framed my face like a dark halo, my dad always seemed subtly disappointed. He’d never said it outright, but I knew he’d envisioned a daughter with lighter,Continue reading “Once upon a bad Christmas”

Once upon a bad Christmas

Chapter 4 I really deserved to die, a constant, gnawing thought that plagued me, but I couldn’t let them be happy. I couldn’t allow my father, a man usually so discerning, to be blinded by a woman who was constantly under the knife, each surgery a desperate attempt to recapture lost youth or perhaps, somethingContinue reading “Once upon a bad Christmas”

Once upon a bad Christmas

Chapter 1 Vanity Saint Michael, a mere awakened character in a book.  I was sixteen in this world when I abruptly awakened to this horrifying truth, so how exactly did I end up here? In my original world, I had a mother and a father and was their only child, doted on but never spoiled,Continue reading “Once upon a bad Christmas”

Once upon a bad Christmas

Chapter 2 My vision blurred, the edges of my sight darkening into a suffocating tunnel until I could see nothing but swirling grey. I struggled to breathe, each ragged gasp a desperate plea for air, for life. As I did, I felt a bone-chilling cold seep into my very being, numbing the pain, extinguishing theContinue reading “Once upon a bad Christmas”