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The Way of Monsters. Daria
The most beautiful lie I’ve ever heard is that monsters are made, not
born.
I smile as my ethics professor vehemently argues his point, citing
examples of bloodthirsty beasts who chose to rise above what nature
dictated for them. Good little vampires feeding on volunteers, dark witches
saving lives, and even fairies breaking bargains to protect their loved ones.
In contrast, he cites perfectly common, regular people raised in loving
homes, only to turn into mindless killers, liars, and cheats. Nurture
supplanting nature.
My father would have laughed himself hoarse if he’d heard that crap.
He’d find it amusing that I take ethics in the first place, but it’s a
mandatory course for all those studying sciences and technology. The Five
Kingdoms’ Superior University is trying their best to ensure we don’t create
anything too monstrous ourselves.
I narrow my eyes as I feel the air shift, seconds before a sharp object
presses between my shoulder blades hard enough to sting, small enough to
ignore.
I don’t turn. I don’t need to. I know exactly who’s pushing my buttons.
Again.
One day, he’ll manage to warrant a reaction from me. He won’t like it. I
won’t like the consequences.
“Hey, common girl. Do you think ugliness is hereditary, or the result of
nurturing?” the boy who delights in endeavoring to get a rise out of me
asks, echoing our professor’s reasoning.
His group of friends chuckle under their breaths, just low enough that
Professor Paur can’t hear, although as far as insults go, this is one of his
worst to date.
One would think a bully such as he would know that words only hurt
when there’s enough truth sprinkled through them for the target to
recognize themselves.
I’m not ugly, though I certainly don’t have much claim to true beauty
either.
My mother’s countenance is legendary and my youngest sister took after
her. Their raven hair gleams blue in the light, and their gray eyes shine like
stars, even in the darkness. Men have offered jewels and priceless treasures
for nothing more than their smiles.
It is useful in our family trade. No one is ever afraid enough of what
hides underneath loveliness.
I take after my father. My brownish hair is coarse and quick to knot, so I
keep it in a braid and out of the way, prioritizing practicality and efficiency
overindulgence in my appearance. I also have his eyes. Most of the time,
they are black, which is boring in Dorath. Common.
It has been years since my pupils have turned into another color, and in
an effort to keep it that way, I never pay attention to the boy at my back.
My vanity has never been geared toward my physical appearance, so his
words completely fail to wound me. Even if I had cared, I would have
known in my heart that I am, by any standards, pretty enough.
He’s a fool, but a harmless one, this prince of ours.
Aeron Sinclair, newly dubbed heir to the throne of Dorath, and
therefore, my liege—as far as he sees it, anyway—started to pick on me the
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