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Nameless: A Fairy Tale
by A Very Tall Oak Tree in City Park
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“You imbecile!” She hissed, “How dare you come to defy
me? If my daughter harbors ill feelings, she should come to me
herself, the weakling. I am ashamed to know her…I should have killed
her when I had the chance.”
Morgan erupted in an outburst of anger, “Come herself? Perhaps you
haven’t noticed the state into which you and your son have so
unceremoniously thrown her. She can barely speak, her husband
maltreats her…she wishes she was dead! You would grant her a favor to
kill her now. Living in such a way is worse than death. How can you be
ashamed of a woman who is weak if it was you who created that
weakness? She needs her name, Mildred, and I have come to collect it
from you.”
Mildred laughed shrilly, unperturbed. “You fool! Thinking she sent you
because she had faith in you! With what lies did she deceive you?”
“I have received lies and deception from no one but you,” Morgan
replied angrily. “Either give me the name, or die!” He held up the
dagger in his hand as though it were a sword; for the first time,
Mildred was slightly abashed.
“And she gave this to you, did she? For protection?” She tried to
sound incredulous, but shrank from the thing as if it were a poisonous
insect.
Morgan advanced a few paces, and Mildred backed away, staring at him
in fear and frustration. “Name…name…my daughter’s name…”
“Yes? Tell me…perhaps I shall spare your life.”
Mildred laughed unexpectedly. “Idiot!” She cried, “You don’t even know
what you are holding!”
“Perhaps,” Morgan smiled cunningly, “I shall test it out on you, to
see what sort of weapon I have come to own.”
Mildred shrank away once more. “But…you do not
control…at any moment it could turn…” She was flustered. Suddenly she
cried out to no one, “NAMELESS! Wherever you are, hear me now! You can
have your name…just leave me in peace…I beg of you!”
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