Soman Chainani

Sophie a fait son choix : elle reste avec le Grand Maître, tandis qu'Agatha et Tedros sont renvoyés à Gavaldon. Mais malgré son nouveau statut de reine, elle ne parvient pas à être heureuse. Quant à Tedros et Agatha, la magie des contes semble bien les avoir abandonnés. Et si la fin restait à écrire ? Un autre dénouement que seules deux amies réconciliées pourraient sceller...

L'école du bien et du mal

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Sophie turned. Agatha's eyes were locked on the mob.

"Maybe I became your friend to impress the School Master," she confessed finally. "But there's more to it now." 

"Because I found you out," Agatha grumbled.

These storybook villages existed for only one purpose: to begin a fairy tale and to end it. Everything between the beginning and the end happened in the dark, endless woods that surrounded the town.

True, Stefan had locked her in at sundown, given her a kiss, dutifully acted the loving father. But Sophie knew the truth. She had seen it in his face every day of her life. Her father didn't love her. Because she wasn't a boy. Because she didn't remind him of himself.

Sophie was safe and would wake up tomorrow feeling like a fool. Agatha wouldn't rub it in. Sophie would need her even more now and she would be there for her. Here in this safe, secluded world, the two of them would make their own paradise

For as long as Agatha could remember, she'd had a talent for making people go away.

"Why is it so hard to accept that I'm happy here? I have everything I need. My bed, my cat, and my friend.

As they held hands and giggled, the best of friends, Agatha felt familiar shame rise. Everything in her body told her to shut the door again and hide. But this time, instead of thinking of all the friends she didn't have, Agatha thought about the one she did.

She had always found villains more exciting than heroes. They had ambition, passion. They made the story happen. Villains didn't fear death. No, they wrapped themselves in death like suits of armor! As she inhaled the school's graveyard smell, Agatha felt her blood rush. For like all villains, death didn't scare her. It made her feel alive.

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