We’re still on my fairytale novella, Someone Else’s Shoes, that’ll be in the box set Once Upon Another World.
For those catching up, it’s set in the same spellster series world as To Target the Heart and In Pain and Blood, just in another empire and back a few generations from what I call “the modern timeline” of those novels.
It’s an F/F take on Cinderella with a trans princess.
We’re carrying on from last week, where Alla’s stepsister, Tamara, upended the watery contents of a bucket all over Alla… (punctuation slightly altered to fit)
Even knowing it was too late, Alla scrambled to her feet. The water had managed to collect her from top to bottom. Her hair was sodden; the skirts of her dress clung to her legs like seaweed. “What—?”
“Oh dear,” Tamara gasped, poorly concealing her smirk behind her fingers. “Just look at the mess you’ve made, Little Soot. How clumsy of you. One would think, what with your muddled heritage, that you would be at least reasonably graceful.”
Alla bit her tongue. Being elven—or even half—was not a guarantee of grace.
Don’t forget to check out the other excerpts at Weekend Writing Warriors, Snippet Sunday or Rainbow Snippets.
Someone Else’s Shoes
Exclusively in the Once Upon Another World Box Set
Currently on pre-order for 99c
Aldrea Alien 
She seems to be in a mess and what in the world will help her.
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She is, but she’s not entirely alone.
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Love this! You tell this story well and use words wisely! Great snippet!
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Thank you! 🙂
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Tamara is deliciously wicked. Makes it so much fun to see her get her comeuppance.
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Thanks. 🙂
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I could visualize the scene all right! Was there a word missing here maybe => “The water had managed to collect her from top to bottom.” I mean, I certainly understood the situation though…great snippet.
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I think that might be some of my regional dialect sneaking in. 🙂
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The glory of Cinderella stories comes from scenes like this, in which we see the indignities she’s been forced to endure — and, eventually, overcome.
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Oh yes. And she definitely got a prickly path to tackle.
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Scratch her eyes out! Lol. Great snippet, Aldrea. 😀
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As much as I would’ve liked Alla to, it’s been a long time since that thought occurred to her.
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Yikes, sounds like there are levels to this viciousness only just being touched on!
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Mhmm.
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Poor Alla.
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Yeah, but it’s a fairytale. You know how it ends. 🙂
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Wonderful snippet! I’m really enjoying this story and you depict their relationship so well.
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