β Scribed by Dee, Sunniva
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
I was twelve when a stranger at a train station taught me the meaning of ugly. He forced himself on me and threatened to kill my family if I told.
I stayed silent, and the ugliness grew.
Now, that word rolls in film clips through my mind. All Iβve done since my best friend, Keyon Arias, left town is cement how ugly I am. Ugly on the insideβdeep down to my core. On the outsideβ¦ I am a Vixen. I flash men a smile and make them moan out pleasure I control.
Not them. Never them.
After five years of being away, my beautiful boy has come back to town for his father's masquerade ball. Heβs different. Hard muscle supersedes the skin and bone of his once boyish frame. One thing hasnβt changed though: the murderous look in his eyes when he slaughters his opponents. In the ring, I see the bullied boy, all grown up, dominating in ways he couldnβt in high school.
Heβs the mayorβs son. The rising MMA fighter. The beautiful one.
Iβm not the Paislee Cain of before, not the sweet girl he once knew, the one who chased away his bullies. Iβm the town slut. The dirty girl whose shame will never fade no matter how many men I use. Heβd disown what Iβve become.
Because beautiful can never love ugly.
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