The Only One Who Couldn’t See
Nothing had restored her vision.
And through all of it, in three years of adjusting to a world gone dark, Grace had never once asked anyone to pity her.
She had learned to move through her days with a grace that made the word she had been named for seem chosen in prophecy, and she had built, out of the ruins of her sight, a dignity that did not depend on anyone’s permission.
It was that dignity Victoria could not tolerate, and so, when the silence after Grace’s words grew unbearable, Victoria found a way to break it.
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