the mistress pushed my face into the grass . `` go brush your teeth and let 's get to work . '' i was pretty sure it was just some random girl , drooling over his ... perfection . she 'd been asked that question every day for the past two weeks and her answer never changed . now , thinking back on it , he saw something else , as well . the queen reached out a hand to her companion . the trees closed over her ; the ground was as dark as evening . 