Once Upon the End (Half Upon a Time) by Riley James

Author:Riley, James [Riley, James]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 2013-05-07T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25

Portal,” he heard himself say. “Get me through the portal.”

It was like a dream, slipping in and out.

“You had this all planned?” a girl’s voice said. “From the start?”

Who was talking?

“One of us was going to die. The Queen saw it. I just took the choice out of her hands.”

The other voice seemed to be angry. “You’re trying to be a hero again?!”

“Nope. I learned my lesson. But she can’t know what I’m doing. And if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that you can get away with a lot more if no one knows what you’re up to.”

“I’ll get you through the portal.”

“Just make sure I have the Story Book. I’m going to need it.”

And then the scene swirled away like it never existed.

“Are you sure you know what you’re doing?” This time it was a male voice.

“Of course not. Have I ever been?”

“There’s no turning back from this. You make one mistake, and you won’t get a second chance. Not with her. If you even make it back.”

“I’ll make it back. I know exactly when my portal home is going to show up.”

“If you even want to return.”

And then just like the first one, that scene disappeared into a cloud, and there was nothing, just darkness, nothing more. No dreams, no voices, just nothing . . .

Jack gasped, and sprang up to a sitting position, frantically feeling all around his chest.

Instead of a wound, all he felt was a scar.

He let out a huge breath, then looked around. This wasn’t the Wicked Queen’s castle. In fact, it didn’t look like anywhere he’d ever seen before. The woods around him weren’t quite the same color green, like they were a bit duller than the ones he’d seen all his life. The sun overhead, while just as bright, shone in a sky that was a bit off the normal blue, and the clouds didn’t look as stony as the ones he’d walked on earlier that same day.

Jill had done what he’d asked and gotten him through the portal. He panicked for a second, then felt his grandfather’s Story Book at his side, along with his sword. Before he could forget, he opened the Story Book to the correct page and tore out an entire tale, adding the pages to the folded ones Gwentell had returned to him after confirming their accuracy with the Queen’s raven.

The world around him seemed so quiet, which was good. He’d just died, after all, so quiet was a good thing. He pulled the empty potion bottle out of his pocket and smiled. It’d taken a few minutes, but the healing potion on the sword’s blade had repaired the wound the sword itself had caused. Which was good, since he hadn’t had a chance to test it, other than on the giant, or had much of a backup plan if the Wicked Queen decided to lightning him to death. Thankfully, she’d fallen for him throwing his sword at her exactly as he’d hoped, and things had gone as planned.

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