Ride the Wind: A Flipped Fairy Tale (Flipped Fairy Tales Book 3) by Huchton Starla

Author:Huchton, Starla [Huchton, Starla]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2015-11-02T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Spring was warmer in the lowlands of Valmyr, much more so than I was accustomed to. Even so, the fire was a necessity, and building it a welcome distraction from my silent self-criticisms. I poked at the remnants of the rabbit that had been breakfast, knowing I should eat more before the wolf awoke and continued our journey.

The beast’s sudden appearance couldn’t have been a coincidence, but I had yet to learn anything about it or where it was taking me. There was obviously a connection between the wolf and the elk… perhaps it was one of the sisters she’d spoken of once?

The animal stirred and lifted its head, blinking at me as though trying to remember whether or not I was a threat. Once it decided, it stood and stretched, shaking the debris of forest travel from its coat. I held my breath for a moment as it leaned back on its haunches, and then, it spun.

What was beast when the turn began, shifted into something I should have expected. Its fur tinged in a shimmering red, flattening as its form shrunk in size. In moments, I was faced not with a dog, but a very human woman, her curly brown hair wild around her, green eyes darting in constant vigilance.

“There isn’t much time,” she said as she stepped forward, stopping on the other side of the fire. “You are Erata’s, yes?”

I blinked at her, utterly unable to comprehend anything anymore. Twice over the course of a night I’d witnessed magical transformations, yet my mind still couldn’t believe it. “You know Erata?”

The woman crouched down, her movements jerky, as though she’d forgotten how her body worked. “She’s my sister. I’m…” She frowned, her attention suddenly pulled off into the trees.

Something was off with her, but perhaps that was her normal way. “Her sister? Who are you?”

Her eyes snapped back to me. “Her sister. Yes. I’m… I’m Belinda, I think. Yes. I’m certain that’s correct. My mind is… something. But also Erata’s, yes.”

I leaned forward, desperate to keep her flighty focus on me. “Do you know where Erata is? Was she taken? Do you know how I can find her?”

“East of the sun, west of the moon,” she said in a singsong voice, her head bobbing from side to side. “She went there, and he kept her.”

“East of the…” I stared, maybe more confused than before. “Is that a place? Who kept her?”

She giggled at me. “All the questions of a monkey. She must find you vexing.”

“Who?”

“Erata. You are hers, yes? You smell of her. The wind is in your clothes, your hair…” She inched forward and sniffed the air, then grinned mischievously. “Your mouth as well.”

Heat rose from my neck to my cheeks, embarrassed she could tell so much. “Yes, well, I suppose you could say I’m hers.”

Belinda skittered around the fire, coming to rest in a crouch beside me. “Then you must go to her. The dragon intends to keep her, but I think maybe the monkey is more clever.

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