She used to be human. And then, she wasn’t. Sacrificing herself to end the curse’s inescapable enslavement. She gave up her very existence, so the shadow girl could become a real girl. She returned the stolen fate. She gave the girl a new world, a home, somewhere to belong.
And she was here.
“Who are you?” Asked a booming voice that came from everywhere.
“I am,” she began, and fell quiet, unable to continue. What was she? She didn’t know anymore. She wasn’t what or who she had been all her life. She didn’t even have a life anymore. “I don’t know,” she admitted honestly. “Who am I?”
“My bad,” the voice said, clearing its throat to hide its embarrassment. “I meant, what is you name.”
She was stunned. And a little amused. Though a lot more afraid to admit it. She couldn’t use her ol
