Goblin Queen __exclusive__: X-men

The two women stood ten feet apart. One born in fire. One born in ash. Both wearing the same face.

She stepped back into the portal. The demons followed. The sky returned to normal. x-men goblin queen

But Madelyne Pryor stood on a rooftop overlooking the East River, and in her reflection, the city burned. She liked that reflection better. It was honest. The two women stood ten feet apart

Madelyne walked through it. The current fed her. She laughed, and the laugh echoed from a dozen dimensional shadows. Both wearing the same face

“I could have been you,” Madelyne said softly. “If you had stayed dead. If Scott had loved me for me. If anyone had ever once said, ‘You are not a replacement. You are a person.’”

“Fault?” Madelyne laughed, sharp as broken glass. “Darling, I don’t want your pity. I want your pain .”