Fractured Fairy Tales: Books 1-6 (A Fractured Fairy Tale) by J.E. Taylor

Author:J.E. Taylor [Taylor, J.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Brave, Rapunzel, Frozen, Snow White, Fairy Tale Retellings, paranormal romance
Publisher: JET-Fueled Fiction
Published: 2019-01-06T04:00:00+00:00

BRAVE Chapter 8

I lay in bed thinking about all my father had said. The idea of never seeing Aiden, of never feeling his lips on mine or his hands on my body, left me cold.

Doubt laced itself into everything my father had told me. I rolled to my side, staring out the window at the dawn’s soft light. My longing for Aiden was greater than my fear that my father’s story was real.

After a near sleepless night, I climbed out of bed and made my way to the dining hall for breakfast. The only activity in the room was the servants bringing the food in. I piled my plate with sweet breads and meats before sitting down to graze.

My parents came in just as I had swallowed my last bite.

“I’m going back to bed.” I stood as they sat. “I didn’t get any sleep last night.”

“Are you feeling all right?” my mother asked.

I nodded. “Just really tired.” I headed to my room.

While I was exhausted, I needed to buy myself some time. With Shadow on my heels, I dressed in my warmest hunting outfit, donning pants instead of a skirt, and put pillows under the covers so if anyone looked into the room, it would look like someone was in the bed.

I tucked my hair up under a woolen hat and slid Shadow into a bag before I took my bow and arrow from the back corner. When I slid out of the room, I made sure to keep my head down so no one would recognize me.

A group of men were heading out, and I trailed them. Not one of the guards paid me any attention. They assumed I was with the group of hunters. As soon as we hit the woods, the men went straight, and I peeled off to the right, keeping my steps as quiet as I could. I tried to remember my hunting track from the other day. I needed to find that field, as well as that barricade that had stopped me.

When I could no longer hear the men I had exited the castle with, I let Shadow out of my bag. He walked alongside me, sometimes bounding ahead, only to stop and look back. I crouched and slipped him a piece of meat I had taken from the hall. He ate it in one bite.

“Find Aiden,” I whispered, and his ears perked up. “Find the bear.”

His tail wagged, and he turned, putting his nose to the ground like he had understood my request. I followed his zigzag pattern, letting him lead me through the thickening woods.

We came upon the small glen where I had first seen Aiden. Shadow skirted the nest of bushes, finding a small space to make his way through. I dropped to my knees and looked through the opening. Shadow looked back at me from the other side. I sighed and pushed my bow and quiver through and then got down on my stomach.

I wiggled my way through the opening like an inchworm.

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