If this was the case, she thought, her job will become a thousand act play, with hundred masks hiding behind the curtain. They’ll play along and dance to this tune until one destroys the other, until all masks are off.
Andrea Tomić, City of Beasts
She always tried to create a fairytale from her life, but she was still far from a happy ending. She would always get stuck somewhere in the middle, in that very moment in which things suddenly turn bad after being good. And it got repeated over and over again.
Andrea Tomić, City of Beasts
Her thoughts were a hurricane - moving from one side of her mind to another, picking up the broken pieces from the floor just to entwine them in its heart. Nothing made sense, but she still managed to hide away from some the broken pieces.
Andrea Tomić, City of Beasts
Even though it was the same city that hid under the grey skies, wrapped around with the same grey blanket, a completely different story was playing out on the other side of it. It begins with a girl, a few unshed tears and with revenge.
Andrea Tomić, City of Beasts
The streets were hidden beneath the thin layer of fog, along with all the cracks and gaps in the pavement that were drawn out like wrinkles on a man’s face. They tell a story about old age, a story about a thousand nights like this one and about the frost covering the rooftops while the lights of many decorations shimmer across the city.
Andrea Tomić, City of Beasts
And here comes a cliché, but our relationship was like a sunset in a way. Beautiful, but short lasting.
Andrea Tomić, The Storyteller
Her story could have started many years ago, with one death or one betrayal. It could’ve started just a few months earlier, with a love that may had not been completely honest but still seemed right. The story she’s been creating now though, wasn’t a love story nor did it start with betrayal.
It was a story about Ashlyn Thorne. She still didn’t know her, not fully at least, but Anabel knew that the vague parts of the girl’s story, the girl she’s just created, will soon fall into place.
Andrea Tomić, City of Beasts