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Elle
Age Eighteen
My alarm blares. Rolling over, I grab my cell and turn off the noise. Blinking, I scan the time.
7AM
What a strange dream. I was back with the Queen of Hearts. She told me how Marchesa and Legend Le Charme would block me from my true love.
I remember that prophecy. Meeting the Queen of Hearts isn’t something you forget. The prophecy is seared in my memory, too.
I’ll be blocked from my true love.
What a load of crap that turned out to be. My days are split between online classes and jewel un-thievery. There’s no true love in sight. Yes, Jacoby’s still around, but if I were in love with him I’d know it.
At least, I think I would.
Propping a pillow under my head, I look out across my apartment in Greenwich Village. It’s a single room with a high ceiling, big wind
