Sneaky Snow White (Dark Fairy Tale Queen Series Book 2) by Anita Valle Page A
Authors: Anita Valle
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stare at the ceiling, blank as stone.
I stare at him. I can’t breathe.
My Hunter… my Hunter….
He’s gone.
I grip the sides of my head and scream, loud enough to split the walls. I draw my breath and scream again, bowing down to the floor. I drop one hand to the marble and the pain bursts out of me and I hear a sharp crackle. I open my eyes. A layer of ice has spread out like a star around me, nearly the width of the room. The dead center is where my hand touched the floor.
I just found the magic within me.
I look up at the Dwarves, stunned, my eyes coated with tears. I blink to clear them. The seven Dwarves are all staring at me. There’s not one friendly face among them.
“You just killed our brother, you witch,” Cooper growls.
“No!” I squeak out.
Cooper turns back to his brothers, all grim-faced and clenching their axes and clubs.
“Kill her,” Cooper says.
“NO!” I scream. I lurch forward and smack my other hand to the floor while directing my gaze at the Dwarves. A path of ice shoots across the floor and slides up the Dwarves’ legs to their knees. I stare, focusing my fear on them, and the ice thickens. They can’t move.
I lift my hand off the floor, gaping. I can’t believe that worked!
I jump up, avoiding the slippery ice. I sprint over the floor and stoop to pick up the babies, first one, then the other. The Dwarves are cursing and straining their legs against the ice. I know it won’t hold them for long.
I rush out of the room and down the stairs, fast as I dare, considering I’m carrying two infants with wobbly heads. The jostling distracts them from crying for the moment. But they’re heavy for me. I don’t know how I’ll outrun the Dwarves this way. And if they catch me, they’ll kill us all.
I get out of the palace. I don’t take the gravel drive that leads out to the towns, it’s too open. I cut through the palace gardens, dried up and dying with the approach of autumn. The Wood lies ahead of me, a rough wall of trees. I hurry across the grass, anxious to reach the shelter of its shadows. I’m nearly there.
BOOM! Godnutter pops right in front of me.
“Well!” she barks. “Fine mess YOU’VE made of things! Who’s going to save my Cindy now?” She’s got her hands on her hips, so angry she’s not even smoking.
“Godnutter, please!” I cry. “Please help me! I have to get away from here, they’re going to kill me!”
“And it would serve you right, wouldn’t it? I didn’t come to save you, tootsie. I came to lighten your load.” She swoops in and scoops a baby out of my arms, the one with brown hair. She steps back. “This one’s mine.”
My eyes widen. “NO!”
“She wanted a fairy to protect her baby, didn’t she? Well, here I am! I want another chance at this.”
“Give her back, she’s my sister!”
“Not any more. And you don’t have time to argue, those fellows are breaking out of that ice.” She shifts the baby to her left arm and with her right thrusts deep into the pocket of her dress. She yanks out the pipe and points the tip at me. “Hold still.”
I gasp as she fires a river of sparkles at my chest. I step back, my breasts warm and tingling, and look down. They’re swollen like two melons and feel heavy.
“What did you just do?” I cry.
“Gave you the means to feed the baby, you cow! Now off with you! Get her to safety!” Godnutter vanishes and the brown-haired baby with her.
I tuck the red-haired baby against me, her fuzzy head just under my chin. And I run into The Wood.
I know exactly where I’m going.
~*~ 36 ~*~
I break out of the cave into the meadow with the tower. There it stands, sturdy and gray, the home I planned for me and Hunter. My hopes and dreams a shattered mess, just like The Mirror. I can hardly bear to look at it.
The baby sleeps on my shoulder, worn out from crying. I didn’t hear the Dwarves behind me as I ran. But they will come. This clearing is hard to find but not impossible.
I
I stare at him. I can’t breathe.
My Hunter… my Hunter….
He’s gone.
I grip the sides of my head and scream, loud enough to split the walls. I draw my breath and scream again, bowing down to the floor. I drop one hand to the marble and the pain bursts out of me and I hear a sharp crackle. I open my eyes. A layer of ice has spread out like a star around me, nearly the width of the room. The dead center is where my hand touched the floor.
I just found the magic within me.
I look up at the Dwarves, stunned, my eyes coated with tears. I blink to clear them. The seven Dwarves are all staring at me. There’s not one friendly face among them.
“You just killed our brother, you witch,” Cooper growls.
“No!” I squeak out.
Cooper turns back to his brothers, all grim-faced and clenching their axes and clubs.
“Kill her,” Cooper says.
“NO!” I scream. I lurch forward and smack my other hand to the floor while directing my gaze at the Dwarves. A path of ice shoots across the floor and slides up the Dwarves’ legs to their knees. I stare, focusing my fear on them, and the ice thickens. They can’t move.
I lift my hand off the floor, gaping. I can’t believe that worked!
I jump up, avoiding the slippery ice. I sprint over the floor and stoop to pick up the babies, first one, then the other. The Dwarves are cursing and straining their legs against the ice. I know it won’t hold them for long.
I rush out of the room and down the stairs, fast as I dare, considering I’m carrying two infants with wobbly heads. The jostling distracts them from crying for the moment. But they’re heavy for me. I don’t know how I’ll outrun the Dwarves this way. And if they catch me, they’ll kill us all.
I get out of the palace. I don’t take the gravel drive that leads out to the towns, it’s too open. I cut through the palace gardens, dried up and dying with the approach of autumn. The Wood lies ahead of me, a rough wall of trees. I hurry across the grass, anxious to reach the shelter of its shadows. I’m nearly there.
BOOM! Godnutter pops right in front of me.
“Well!” she barks. “Fine mess YOU’VE made of things! Who’s going to save my Cindy now?” She’s got her hands on her hips, so angry she’s not even smoking.
“Godnutter, please!” I cry. “Please help me! I have to get away from here, they’re going to kill me!”
“And it would serve you right, wouldn’t it? I didn’t come to save you, tootsie. I came to lighten your load.” She swoops in and scoops a baby out of my arms, the one with brown hair. She steps back. “This one’s mine.”
My eyes widen. “NO!”
“She wanted a fairy to protect her baby, didn’t she? Well, here I am! I want another chance at this.”
“Give her back, she’s my sister!”
“Not any more. And you don’t have time to argue, those fellows are breaking out of that ice.” She shifts the baby to her left arm and with her right thrusts deep into the pocket of her dress. She yanks out the pipe and points the tip at me. “Hold still.”
I gasp as she fires a river of sparkles at my chest. I step back, my breasts warm and tingling, and look down. They’re swollen like two melons and feel heavy.
“What did you just do?” I cry.
“Gave you the means to feed the baby, you cow! Now off with you! Get her to safety!” Godnutter vanishes and the brown-haired baby with her.
I tuck the red-haired baby against me, her fuzzy head just under my chin. And I run into The Wood.
I know exactly where I’m going.
~*~ 36 ~*~
I break out of the cave into the meadow with the tower. There it stands, sturdy and gray, the home I planned for me and Hunter. My hopes and dreams a shattered mess, just like The Mirror. I can hardly bear to look at it.
The baby sleeps on my shoulder, worn out from crying. I didn’t hear the Dwarves behind me as I ran. But they will come. This clearing is hard to find but not impossible.
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