Kiss the Slipper: An MM Cinderella Retelling by Anna Fury & Amy Pennza

Author:Anna Fury & Amy Pennza [Fury, Anna & Pennza, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

Vale

I stand outside Jasper’s room with confusion scrambling my thoughts. I wanted one last taste of freedom before the wedding. Instead, I find myself locked into a magical contract with a furious pixie who acts like he knows me.

He can’t possibly know me. Can he?

A wave of vertigo crashes over me, and the hallway goes sideways.

Izig clamps a hand on my shoulder. “Sir? Is everything okay?”

“Fine,” I rasp, swallowing the nausea that rises up my throat. “I’m fine.” I turn toward the living room.

Izig keeps a hand on my shoulder as he guides me down the short hallway. By the time we reach the living room, the dizziness recedes enough for me to wave off his help.

“Thanks,” I say. “I’m better.”

His dark-green brows form a vee between equally dark eyes. “What’s going on here, sir? We have to return home soon.”

“I know.” I rub at my forehead, where a headache lingers.

Sully prowls from the kitchen, his tail lashing from side to side.

I glance in the direction of Jasper’s bedroom. “You didn’t eat any mice, did you?”

Sully gives me a look as he jumps onto the coffee table and pushes books around to make a comfortable spot for himself. “Please. I have higher standards than that.”

Izig crosses his arms over his broad chest. “What’s this contract you spoke to the pixie about?”

Grimacing, I lower my voice and relay last night’s events, starting with facing Jasper on the platform and ending with him ordering me to clean. “So I’m stuck,” I finish. “Worse, I have to do everything Jasper says. I’m tethered to him somehow. I know it sounds crazy.”

Izig grunts. “Sounds like the consequences of your actions. How many times have I told you brawling was going to get you into trouble?”

A growl rumbles from me. “You overstep, Izig.” When he pales under his green-tinged skin, guilt rises. I’ve never been one to lord my authority over my household. I won’t do it now just because I’m frustrated. “You’ve told me at least two thousand times, old friend,” I tack on more gently. “And I should have listened.”

Sully leans forward and runs his whiskers over my bare leg. I reach down and scratch absently between his ears.

Izig’s brow furrows as he stares at the hallway leading to Jasper’s bedroom. He turns his gaze back to me. “I don’t understand. Who is this pixie?”

“You don’t know?”

My butler frowns. “No. Should I?”

Exasperation swells in my chest as I shove a hand through my hair. “He acts like you should. Like I should. And he’s furious.”

“I noticed,” Izig mutters. He looks at the rumpled sofa. “You spent the night here. Did you and he—”

“No,” I say quickly. “Nothing like that.” Even as I say it, an ache blossoms within me.

No, not an ache. Longing.

“You’re certain you can’t get out of this contract?” Izig asks.

“I was hoping you’d know of a way.”

He grunts. “If I did, I would have already told you.”

I rub a hand over my mouth. “Shit.”

He hesitates.

I lower my hand. “What?”

“Nothing.” He waits a beat.

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