Prince, Cinderella Forsakes You novel · Chapter 32 of 32
Chapter 32: The First Red
Nobody went to bed.
The old man wrapped himself in his blanket by the little fence of sticks and said he'd stay till morning, and so did we.
Dulcie built a fire in an old iron pot. Florian went back up to the Keep and came down with every blanket he could carry.
Cassian sat with his back against the orchard wall with me between his knees and our daughter asleep on my chest.
The frost came up around us all night, white and quiet.
The moon went across the sky and down behind the west hills.
I must have slept. When I opened my eyes, the sky over the east ridge had gone pale.
Every blade of grass in the walled orchard was white and stiff.
Every leaf on the two hundred grafts was edged with frost.
And the apple on number seven was furred with it all over, red under white.
My godmother was standing by the fence of sticks.
I hadn't seen her come. I never did.
"It's time," she said.
Cassian stood up. His knees cracked.
He stepped over the little fence and knelt in the frost by the graft.
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