They were beautiful, of course - everything he gifted her was beautiful. She reached up and touched one of the sparkling lilies, heavy and cold, that rested on her dark hair.
Beautiful and cold and lifeless; she looked in the mirror, meeting her own eyes - sparkling and empty - and wondered how long before she was just like everything else in his kingdom.
Empty Beauty (Original)
Beautiful and cold and lifeless; she looked in the mirror, meeting her own eyes - sparkling and empty - and wondered how long before she was just like everything else in his kingdom.