Chasing Midnight - A Cinderella Retelling (Once Upon a Curse Book 3) by Kaitlyn Davis

Author:Kaitlyn Davis [Davis, Kaitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: retelling, once upon a curse, cinderella retelling, fairy tale book, cinderella, fairy tale retelling, fairytale retelling, faerie books, fae, once upon a time
Published: 2019-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

I dash up the stairs and pull Ella with me. The prince clambers behind us, then yanks the door shut and seals the latch.

“Ella, go sit down and buckle up. Nymia, you’re with me.”

The prince takes my hand and leads me in the opposite direction, nudging me toward a chair. After I sit, he latches a thick strap across my chest and another around my waist, then jumps into the empty seat to my left. I stare wide-eyed as he puts the key in and turns. The invention rumbles to life, vibrating my seat. More switches and screens and lights than I’ve ever seen in my life blink on, beeping and swirling with colors I don’t understand, but the prince does. His fingers dance across the chaos. He's completely self-assured.

“This is how humans fly?” I shout over the roar.

The prince drops something over my ears. When he speaks, the sound is amplified and not quite natural. “I shouldn’t need much help, so don’t be alarmed. You’re just here in case of emergency. The engine needs a few minutes to warm up, but I’m going to keep us moving while I run a few systems checks.”

He wraps his hands around two handles—it’s a wheel, I realize, just like in the car except this one isn’t a circle. When he moves it, the plane jerks into motion. My heart leaps into my chest. This machine can’t possibly fly. He’s gone mad.

“Are you sure this will work?” I scream.

“You’re talking into a microphone now.” He winces and lifts his fingers to nudge the cup around his ear. “You don’t have to scream. And yes, I’m sure. Why?” He pauses long enough to meet my eyes and lifts the right side of his lips in an amused grin. “Don’t you trust me?”

No.

But I don’t respond, because something catches my eye through the narrow windows. There’s a car moving toward us from the opposite end of the road at full speed.

“Look out!”

The prince jerks his head up, but when he spots the car, he just scoffs, then returns to what he was doing.

“They’re coming straight toward us. Do you need me to do something?”

“Yes—hold on.”

“What?”

Instead of answering, he pulls on a lever, and I’m thrown back into my seat as we jump into high speed. I squeeze the sides of my chair as my stomach leaps into my throat.

“We’re going to crash!”

“Stop screaming,” he mutters, half laughing through the words. “No we aren’t.”

“How can you be so sure?”

“Because if we do, we’ll all die—”

“What?”

“And,” he continues, nonchalant as we literally hurtle to our deaths, “none of them want to be responsible for murdering their prince. Now, no more talking. I need to concentrate.”

I mash my lips together—half to keep from interrupting his focus, and half to prevent a scream from spilling out. The car zips toward us, flashing a blinding light in our eyes. We zoom toward it, moving faster and faster. When I glance at the prince, he’s got a smug look in his

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