Before the World Saw Me

Summary

I am a rarity—a genetic throwback, what some might call an "Ancestral Metamorphosis." In the world of high-society aesthetics, it’s known as the Butterfly Bone Beauty.

The curse is simple: before twenty, you are a chrysalis of hidden features. After twenty, the bones shift, the skin clears, and the soul of the face finally breaks through. The uglier the child, the more transcendent the woman.

On the day I was born, the doctor took one look at me and questioned whether his medical degree was in pediatrics or veterinary science.