[ mal narrows her eyes at him before giving in with a defeated sigh. she pushes the corner of her book back inside the wristlet and zips it shut. that last spell took too much out of her. she has never felt this empty. how did her mother manage to cast spells like this and remain standing? were it not for the piece of ambrosia, mal would still be half-faint.
crossing her arms in front of her, she leans back into her seat and glares out the window. her fingers find the gold dragon pendant around her neck. mal fiddles with it in anxious gesture. guilt, embarrassment and shame war for dominion. shame wins.
when she was little, her mother used to say mal was just like her father: foolish, weak, human. that stopped when mal learned the truth about her father; instead, maleficent pointed out how disappointing mal was, how much shame she brought her mother and her father both — for why else would he have left her as an infant?
her mother was evil and delighted in being cruel and would never hesitate to lie. but she was right about mal's father. hades had taken steps to protect nico and bianca, likely bothered to look in on hazel. he never cared to protect mal. hasn't contacted her, not even an acknowledgement that he is aware she is in the mortal world. and why should he? she's the failure, the girl who botched trying to be good, the girl who tried to protect her brother and instead got him hurt.
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crossing her arms in front of her, she leans back into her seat and glares out the window. her fingers find the gold dragon pendant around her neck. mal fiddles with it in anxious gesture. guilt, embarrassment and shame war for dominion. shame wins.
when she was little, her mother used to say mal was just like her father: foolish, weak, human. that stopped when mal learned the truth about her father; instead, maleficent pointed out how disappointing mal was, how much shame she brought her mother and her father both — for why else would he have left her as an infant?
her mother was evil and delighted in being cruel and would never hesitate to lie. but she was right about mal's father. hades had taken steps to protect nico and bianca, likely bothered to look in on hazel. he never cared to protect mal. hasn't contacted her, not even an acknowledgement that he is aware she is in the mortal world. and why should he? she's the failure, the girl who botched trying to be good, the girl who tried to protect her brother and instead got him hurt.
she would not want her close, either. ]