Benedetta Caprino

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“velvet nights” by Benedetta Caprino

Submitted to Contest #211

excitement curdles in her blood,goes down into her veins and nerves, and pricks her skin until she can feel alive,until the pale hair of her arms stand tall.She nearly welcomes it. After so much defeat and numbness,after all, she has passed. The feeling of knowing she can still feel happiness and serenity reassures her in ways she doesn’t know.Her father has smiled at her—that abundant, irritating, and full of wine smile—and asked (it was not just demanding; of course he was commanding her)."Will you watch over him, Diana?"and there was no p...

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