#(dw about matching length btw i just got carried away)

[llamanorthwest-archived2]

@hatofmischief cont. from here

She would've bitten the inside of her cheek if not for the fact that it was already bleeding from before. The side of her face still felt like it was burning, she'd insulted her parents honor. Gotten too bold and confident from hanging around those twins, and dared to try and argue with them. Try and defend herself.

And from what exactly? She had the audacity to actually believe for a moment that they didn’t have a right to treat her in such a manner, the audacity to fight against the centuries long system. To try and break her chains. The birdie had beaten against its cage and got its wings bruised.

She had been lucky. Fortunate that this happened during a party or the consequences would have been immediate. Oh they were still coming. There was no way for her to escape her parents rage. But she could at least have respite from it for a few hours. For now, all she would have to deal with was a dizzyingly hard slap to the face.

“...It’s none of your business.” Her voice was tight. The makeup could only hide so much. Couldn’t hide the way she winced and bit back a hiss when her makeup brush passed over the foundation covered marks from her mother’s rings. “It- it’s stupid.”