Unburied Fables

“You are more than just someone’s daughter,” the stranger replied. “You get to choose who you are, how to make yourself your own person. I will help. If you guess my name.”

“I am not interested in the prince or princess,” Sofia replied. “I’m still valid, and should be respected. I should not have to choose between who I am and my life.”

She never felt attraction the way the storybooks described it, but that didn’t make her wrong or broken. She was happy. She didn’t need another person to complete her.