Chasing Rabbits by Erin Bedford

Author:Erin Bedford [Bedford, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Embrace the Fantasy Publishing
Published: 2016-06-01T23:00:00+00:00

13

Hall of Mirrors

THE MIRROR WAS square and surrounded by an iron frame. Even in the dim lighting I could make out the swirling glyphs similar to the ones on the rabbit hole and on the prince’s face. The mirror didn’t reflect back my face or the dungeon behind me. The surface was filled with an inky black substance, which surrounded the person inside. If I hadn’t already been searching for her, I probably would have never been able to tell who it was.

“Alice,” I breathed out.

Or what I thought was the head of Alice. Long blonde hair floated around her as if she were submerged in water. A dull blue bow still adorned her head, though a little worn around the edges. Pretty marble blue eyes gazed out at me in the grown up face of the beloved childhood heroine.

“Yes, that’s my name. Alice Liddell.” Her voice tinkled like little bells full of innocence.

I turned to Chess, bewilderment filled my face. “How is this possible? The book came out in 1865. She should be dead, but she looks to be younger than me!”

“Well, I’m certainly not dead. I’m right here talking to you, aren’t I?” Alice’s brow furrowed. “Unless I am dead and this is my punishment for running away so often. Mother must be so worried.”

Worry etched her pale face for a mere second before she beamed at me. “But the tea party was such fun! We would laugh and eat. Oh and the rhyming! I love the rhyming, though, I can’t think of any rhymes right now. I really should go visit them again.”

Alice looked to Chess with a pout, her eyes lingered on him longer than I liked. “Can I come out now? I promise to be good. I would like to say goodbye before I have to be home for supper.”

Suspicion began to inch onto my face as I watched Chess shift in place, uncomfortable with the young woman’s pleas.

“Chess?” I prompted him to answer her. I wanted to know myself. Why would she ask him?

“It’s not my decision. I didn’t put her there.” He crossed his arms and turned his eyes to the end of the corridor. No doubt keeping an eye out for the guards he heard earlier.

“Then whose is it?”

“The one who put her there, I just said that.” The feline growled, his eyes still on the hallway. “Don’t you want to know why she is here? In the part of the dungeon meant for the worst of the Fae? The ones not even trusted enough to be cast out to the Shadow Realm?”

“But she’s not Fae. She’s human!”

How could they do this to their own people? It was inhumane. I couldn’t imagine being stuck in a mirror with no one to talk to, no way to tell the time or day. It would make anyone a little mad.

“Yes, I’m human. I don’t belong here!” Alice echoed me, her head bobbing up and down in its frame.

Chess’ eyes flashed with the first hint of anger.

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