1 The Bitches of Everafter by Barbra Annino

Author:Barbra Annino [Annino, Barbra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dane House LLC
Published: 2014-11-09T05:00:00+00:00

23

If The Shoe Fits

Beast and Bella wandered into the kitchen, and Bella stuck her head in the refrigerator to find some dinner for the dog. She settled on leftover meatloaf and gravy, cracked an egg on top, mixed it all up, and fed Beast outside.

When she came back into the kitchen, the empty bowl in her hand, she wore a confused look. “Did you guys see that apple tree? The thing is huge now. How the hell did that happen?”

Snow and Aura exchanged a nervous glance. Snow said, “Fertilizer. Hansel’s a master gardener I guess.”

Bella stole a glance back at the screen door. She turned to Snow, skepticism crawling all over her face. “Really? Is he also a wizard? Because trees don’t grow overnight.”

Snow shrugged. “How should I know? I only arrived a few days ago.”

Aura grabbed a bottle of wine from the table and poured herself a healthy glass. Bella’s eyes followed her.

“Aura?”

Aura drank half the glass in a few gulps. “What?”

“The tree. Out back. Did you see it?”

She shifted her eyes to the table, feigning interest in the flowers Snow had put in a vase. “I avoid nature at all costs, Bella, you know that. Since when are you so interested in the landscaping?” She finished her wine and poured herself another glass.

Bella crossed her arms defensively. Aura was appealing to Bella’s lackadaisical attitude about the house and Snow hoped it would work. They certainly couldn’t explain things to her yet, not until they had a better handle on them.

Bella narrowed her eyes, clearly not used to being challenged. “Well, I’m not, but when a tree as tall as a skyscraper appears from nowhere, I notice. It’s called being observant. And why are you acting like a bitch on wheels?”

Punzie and Bob came into the kitchen then. Punzie said, “She’s still pissed that I put a frog in her bed, aren’t you, Sticky Fingers?”

Aura whirled on Punzie. “That was you?” Then she spotted Bob and jumped onto a chair. “What’s it doing back in the house?” She was doing the creepy-crawly dancing thing again.

Punzie said, “He lives here now. We’ve bonded. Get used to it.”

“Snow...” Aura whined.

Punzie and Bella looked at each other. Punzie said, “Oh, like Miss Priss here is going to rescue you. Right.”

Snow gave Aura a slight shake of her head. To the others she said, “I helped Aura out by taking, er, Bob outside earlier. No big deal.”

Punzie pulled a chair out and poured herself a glass of wine. “Well he’s my friend and I say he stays.”

Snow said, “That’s fine. Perhaps not around the dinner table, though.”

Bella’s look of amusement told Snow that she was calculating how many seconds would pass before Punzie cold-cocked her.

Punzie gathered her braid in front of her, swinging it like a jump rope. “Who died and made you queen bitch?”

Uh-oh.

Back in Enchantment, the other four princesses had appointed Snow the peace ambassador of the kingdoms for precisely these types of situations. Snow had a knack for dispelling disputes

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