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, after Alla’s stepsister, Tamara, upended the watery contents of a bucket all over Alla and mocked her… (punctuation slightly altered to fit)
Tamara towered over Alla; even with them both standing upright, her stepsister was taller by at least a foot. “Looks like you’re going to be here all day. What will mother say?” Giving a tweak to the tip of Alla’s ear, Tamara sauntered deeper into the mansion.
Alla rubbed at her ear as she watched her stepsister depart. How she loathed the distinct points and sensitivity. What use did such ears give their owners beyond a means to single out elves and torture them? Better hearing? It hardly seemed worth the trouble.
With the tips of her ears still smarting, Alla sank back to her knees and set to work mopping up the water.
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 
A very good question! Why do they have those points? Great snippet, Aldrea.
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Poor Alla…
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Indeed.
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I like her musing on her elf ears. I never thought about it before. lol. Good snippet!
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Bringing in her feelings about her ears adds some nice, unexpected depth to a scene that’s easy to empathize with.
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Nice imagery and emotion setting up her plight.
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Loved her inner thoughts about her elf ears.
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Nice details about her ears…enjoyed the snippet! (Although I think I’ll enjoy the part where the evil stepsister gets her eventual comeuppance more LOL).
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Thank you. 🙂
(And I certainly hope I’ve made that comeuppance satisfactory)
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The pain makes me appreciate to good even more.
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It does.
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Ouch. That women needs a good slap. Good snippet.
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She does.
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Ooo she’s the perfect wicked step sister!
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She is.
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Love her inner thoughts
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Awww… Poor Alla.
Interesting “point” about the ears.
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