A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: L.L. McKinney
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Alice couldn’t just sit there. She couldn’t escape. All she could do was
endure. And it was her own fault, really, wearing a fur-lined cloak while it
was ninety-five outside. It was fake fur, but that didn’t save her from slowly
baking in her extremely intricate, incredibly detailed Trevor Belmont
cosplay. Why was it so hot this close to Halloween, anyway?
“Jesus take me before global warming,” Nana K had said that morning,
her voice carrying over Mom’s phone. The two of them spent most of
breakfast commiserating over the unusually high temperature. “Hot as the
devil’s ass crack out there. You be careful at your computer coms, Alice
baby.”
“Comic con, Nana K,” Alice had snickered around a spoonful of grits.
“Right. What I say?”
Both Mom and Nana K then repeatedly reminded Alice to stay
hydrated. Mom had even offered her fancy water bottle, the expensive-ish
one that claimed to keep your drink cold for twelve hours. Lies. Three
lukewarm refills later, Alice debated dumping it over her head instead of
drinking it. The only reason she didn’t was it meant walking around in
soggy clothes. No thanks.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuugh.” She scratched at the edge of her wig while her
eyes trailed the ridiculously long line of equally miserable con-goers. A
river of bodies stretched down the street and curled around the convention
center. Most of them wore costumes that would’ve been perfect on a regular
October Saturday. Instead, here they all stood in torment.
Courtney lifted her phone higher, the small fan plugged into the port
working overtime to blow hot air against the back of her neck. She’d long
since stripped off her red, close-cropped wig and shoved it into the handbag
tucked under her arm. She mirrored Alice’s miserable moan. “When I’m a
puddle on the sidewalk, remember me fondly.”
“How are you hot?” Alice asked. “You’re wearing a cotton tent.”
Without lowering the fan, Courtney glanced down at her Sypha
costume. “Layered cotton tent.” She swiped a hand across her forehead,
checking it for foundation afterward. Somehow, her makeup managed to
stay in place even though she was sweating buckets. “You could take off the
cloak, you know. I understand suffering for the aesthetic, but not like this.”
Alice shook her head. “It’s worse trying to carry it around.” Plus, she
didn’t wanna start peeling off pieces so early in the day. That just made it
easier to remove more and more and, before you knew it, you were walking
around in half a costume no one could even recognize. “I’ll be fine once
we’re inside.”
“If we ever get that far.” Courtney tilted to the side to survey the line
herself, then huffed in displeasure. “I have seen legless spiders move faster
than this.”
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