The Princess

"Impossible!"

"Slap me!"

"No way!"

All three girls shouted in unison, their voices overlapping in shock, disbelief, and pure astonishment.

Violet's pulse was thundering in her ears. Her gut had told her from the very beginning that something was off about Lila, yet nothing had prepared her for this. Lila? A Fae? It was mind blowing.

"This is mental!" Daisy exclaimed, nearly tearing at her own hair as if that would help her smart brain process the situation.

"This shouldn't be possible! Fae don't exist! They're nothing more than stories from mythology classes but here you are, standing right in front of us… in the flesh and blood…" She trailed off, tentatively poking Lila on the face.

The moment her fingertips met Lila's skin, she gasped. "Fuck! You're real!"

Lila's eyes twinkled with amusement.