The Gilded-Eyed Girl Who Outsmarted the Mob

I see the light on people before I know what it means. Ten years ago, a war between families burns through Brooklyn and takes my parents with it. My twin sister Rose and I stand on a street corner with nothing but each other. A silk carriage stops beside us. A rich couple smiles from the window. "Come be our daughter. Silks.

Gold. A warm bed." Rose looks at me. "We can't live on the street forever." I try to pull her back. Something about that couple makes my skin crawl, even then. Rose climbs i