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It was pure luck that she was wearing red from head to toe the day her face disappeared - but not the good kind. The townsfolk were in hysterics, screaming that she was cursed by the devil; they stripped her of her fine red dress and dragged her to the magistrate. She could neither protest nor plead for mercy as they demanded he protect their town by burning the evil from their midst.

The magistrate decreed that she be executed privately to preserve the dignity afforded to a woman of her rank, and her remains to be burned immediately thereafter. Satisfied, the townsfolk turned her over to his custody and left, congratulating one another on their fine deeds.

Some time later, an orange haze lit the night sky from behind the walls of the magistrate's estate, and as an oily soot began to descend on the surrounding streets the people felt a sense of relief that their town was once again free from evil.

Inside the estate, the cook was now complaining about his orders, and the wastefulness of abandoning the spit-roasted boar he had been preparing for dinner to the flames. The magistrate, unable to bring himself to order the death of the woman he had admired from afar, instead feigned her execution; leading her through the dark, winding corridors of his estate he sequestered her in a secret alcove hidden from the prying eyes of servants, and there he visited her nightly to keep her company and to pray for her soul.


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stock : Queen 2 by ~visualgraffiti-stock | crumble by ~NickiStock
textures : Vintage texture by ~firesign24-7

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16.12.2012 : featured here.
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