Chasing Midnight (Once Upon a Curse Book 3) by Kaitlyn Davis

Author:Kaitlyn Davis
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: fae, cinderella, retelling, fairy tale retelling, once upon a time, fairytale retelling, cinderella retelling, faerie books, fairy tale book, once upon a curse
Publisher: Kaitlyn Davis

A loud beeping jolts me awake. The walls shake violently and a scream cuts through the chaos, high-pitched with fear. I jump to my feet, but we drop and I’m weightless for a moment as my heels lift into the air. Then the direction shifts and I slam into the floor, clutching the back of a chair to keep from falling. Grabbing the walls as I go, I make my way to the front of the invention, where alarms ring and lights flash. The prince moves his hands rapidly across the display.

“What’s going on?”

The prince holds up his hand to signal he can’t respond, but Ella turns toward me, eyes wide and somewhat bloodshot. We jerk sideways and I grip both of their chairs to keep from slamming into the wall.

“We’re falling!” Ella screams.

“We’re not falling,” the prince interjects, casting a quick glance over his shoulder. I catch his eyes just long enough to see legitimate panic in them, and then he turns his attention back to the switches. “We’re landing against our will.”

“Nymia, we’re dropping out of the sky! What do we do?”

How should I know? I’m not the one who suggested flying in the first place—it always seemed like a ridiculous idea to me. Though I don’t say that, because, well, what good would it do?

The prince answers for me. “Ella, everything is going to be fine. I promise. Now, get in the back and buckle up.” His voice never wavers—it’s firm and commanding, but not mean. It’s just strong enough to force Ella to listen. “Nymia, I could use a hand.”

“Which one?” I ask, holding out my palms.

He shakes his head, fighting a smile, and points to the spot Ella vacated. “Just sit down.”

I do, then secure the straps across my chest and waist. Outside the window there’s nothing but endless gray, dark and foreboding. Inside, there’s a darkness too. Half of the flashing colors I saw before are out.

“What happened?”

“Well, funny thing. There’s an old human saying, what goes up must come down, and I might’ve forgotten about the down part when we left London.”

“Huh?” I furrow my brow.

The prince is gripping the steering handles so hard his fingers have gone pale—well, paler. Yet it’s the thin stretch of his lips that concerns me the most. “Most flights between the UK and America these days go between London and Boston, since the US government moved there after Washington, DC, vanished off the face of the planet. So, I put the flight route coordinates in for Logan International Airport. But, well, we’re flying a stolen jet—and not just any stolen jet, but the private plane for the royal family, so we can’t exactly land in such a public spot. The army would be on us in seconds. I’ve already been fielding calls from ground control requesting our flight information, but I shut down the comm system, so hopefully they won’t be able to track us so easily.”

“What does all of this mean?”

“Well, New York City, which used to be one of America’s biggest cities, has been under the control of magic for the past decade.

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