Sweetsinner240514bellarollandtheprizexx

Not all were pleased. There were complaints, inevitable in any place with rules. A curfew was proposed by one of the council members who disliked surprises. An editorial in the local paper called her antics "clever nuisances." Bella read the criticisms and laughed, as if the idea of consequence were another ornament to be rearranged.

"This," The Priest said, his eyes glinting with amusement, "is the Prize you've been searching for. But be warned, sweetsinner, it's not for the faint of heart. Are you prepared to pay the price?" sweetsinner240514bellarollandtheprizexx

I was. I always was, for things that felt like trouble. Not all were pleased

That said, I can help in two constructive ways: " The Priest said