PRINCELESS by Cam Jace Storykiller
Chapter 1
Copyright©by Cameron Jace
January 15 2019
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1998
The girl opened her eyes and cried.
Her first day in this big joke called life didn’t promise much. A trail of tears conjured a defense mechanism against a foreign world she had been forced to visit. And against the chilling cold outside of her mother's womb.
An emptiness. A sense of betrayal. She felt like an outsider in this prison she later learned mothers called a ‘crib.’
Who was going to feed her now? Caress her with love and attention? Why did they have to pull her out?
And who the heck were these faces staring back at her?
Smiley faces dawned upon her from above. Big curious eyes welcomed her to this ’birth.’ Sticky sweet words of approval showered her with assurance and acceptance. For some odd reason, everyone celebrated her hesitant arrival.
Lying helplessly on her back, she slowly understood her predicament and lack of mobility. There was no free will here. So she figured she would take their words for granted. Why would they lie to her? Life was going to be such a jolly experience.
Slowly her lips curved upward and formed a crescent smile. Her pointy cheeks and glittering eyes complimented her chubby face, so much that everyone else looked even happier. That fidgeting of her tiny legs and arms came involuntarily and they loooved it.
“Oh, hello princess.” One of the women cheered.
Princess? So ya’ll going to sit at my feet and court me now? I like it already.
Her virgin eyes scanned her new friendly-friends with curiosity and expectations. But she had questions on her mind like: how freakin’ long before my limbs grew longer and stronger so I can leave this silly small cave I’m in?
She wiggled her nose to the woman’s gentle touch, and actually experienced warmth in this new world. What a wonderful life—
Wait…
What the…
Suddenly she heard a loud explosion.
She could not move, but saw the women looking sideways. The crescent smiles on the women's faces dulled and straightened. Colored escaped their skin and their eyes were sucked into black holes, staring at something she could not see.
Come on. Eyes back here. Tell me I’m a princess.
Then one of the women disappeared. What the…
The one next to her fell. Ah, so the first one fell too?
The third raised her hand in the air, begging for something, praying for forgiveness.
“Please, not in front of the child…”
Another explosion erupted.
A Bang.
The woman was too late. She didn’t drop though. She turned and looked at the infant in the crib. The princess. Was that a hole in her cheek?
The princess felt a warm droplet on her own cheek. She blinked, wishing she could move.
Another warm droplet.
Her eyes locked with the stiff woman, red droplets splashing down from her cheek. Then finally the third woman dropped to the floor. Like everyone else.
Bang.
“No!”
Bang.
“Please no!”
Bang.
Bang. Bang.
The princess realized she’d been right all along. This place sucked lemons.
She closed her eyes and cried again.
Looking forward to the next chapter!
Totally intrigued!
Omg, I love Caress already!!!! Can’t wait to see what she gets into!
I’m so excited for this book!!! I want more!
I’m not sure what my thoughts are yet on Princeless. I’m excited that it is going to contain Carter Pillar, but I just don’t get a good feel of what the book is about yet. However I love Cameron Jace’s writing style so it is likely that I will fall in love with this book. I am super excited about Holy Smokes. Just from the introduction I already know I’m going to love this book. I cannot wait to read more of both books!
Wow! I’ve always thought that babies knew more than we gave them credit for. hahaha! I cant wait to read this book.
I don’t know yet how I feel, can’t wait to read more. I love Cameron’s writing so I know it should be good.
So far very interesting and can’t wait to read the next chapters
Very intrigued by this one! Seems like it will be full of surprises.
It didn’t start were I thought it was going to, but I really liked it. It really drew my in, fast. I can’t wait to read more.
Very interesting interesting straight out the gate I am definitely looking forward to reading more if anything to see where this is going to go. Held my attention for sure!
Story flows well and quickly. While I love the concept of the narrative being told by a baby, I was having a hard time with the visualization of the scene. That she couldn’t understand what she was seeing was a masterful but it kept taking me out of the narrative trying to figure it out,
Love! I can’t wait to read more! Mezmerizing as usual!!
I’m intrigued and looking forward to finding out where this book is headed after only reading chapter 1. Cameron Jace always makes me think and gets me excited to read whatever comes next!
I love how the princess knows more than we think babies would. It gives an interesting take on what we think little ones know when they are born. Extremely fascinated to see what comes next!
Quick FYI:The princess realized she’d been right all along along. (Drop one of the alongs in chapter 1).
Oh Lordy. Things took a crazy turn. Next chapter, stat!