This is the third novella in the Omega miniseries and this one is so freaking heartbreaking.
This follows Phoibe who is the 6 year old Crown Princess of Greece. She was introduced in the previous novella, Mismatch. Mismatch is the gargoyle who is her long dead ancestor who was the Crown Prince of Greece. The whole story Phoibe is waiting for Mismatch to come back and rescue her and teach her about her curse. He never does because of what happened to him in the previous story.
Phoibe has a speech impediment and she is ridiculed and shamed for it by the High Preistess. The High Priestess pissed me off because she was so verbally and physically abusive to Phoibe. She also kept throwing her dead mom and disappointment in her face. Mismatch told Phoibe not to talk to anyone and so she stops talking. She ends up being punished severely for it and being starved.
Phoibe has a shadow friend named Lantos and that is the next novella. He ends up talking to Phoibe in her mind and helping Phoibe escape the abuse by killing the High Priestess. That is where the story ends and we don't know if Phoibe ends up in a better situation with another High Priestess or if that they would give her a worse one.
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