The Red Shoes by Kailee Reese Samuels

Author:Kailee Reese Samuels [Samuels, Kailee Reese]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781947362826
Publisher: The Sugargrove Book Company
Published: 2019-10-29T23:00:00+00:00

We travel down the path when the gray clouds part and shine a brief ray of light onto the twinkling castle in the distance. “It exists! It really exists!”

“Of course, it does,” Dais smarts off, galloping in front of us. “Did you think they lied?”

I shrug her snappy attitude off. She is a dachshund. She believes she is holier than everything. And that her shit doesn’t stink.

With Deacon on my right and Dom on my left, I feel secure in my position. I practically skip along the golden road as the fog and clouds once again obscure the vision of the castle in the distance.

A few feet in front of us, the whirling vortex spins from out of nowhere, and Amber appears. “Oh, shit…” Dom replies, pressing his hand to my chest and stopping my walk. “Not now.”

Deacon swishes right smack dab into her. “Well, well, well…”

“Leave him alone, Amber.”

She manically laughs. “Only for so long… He will be mine again.” Her talons latch into his guns, and she swoops closer to lock lips with him. He must have bitten her because she shoves him to the ground as she reaches for her bloodied lip.

“Deacon!” I bellow out, furiously. “Get away from him, you whore!”

“I’ll get you just like you did me, my Pretty Boy!”

Fireballs flare from her hands. The bitch isn’t messing around as the forests on either side ignite into ravenous flames. I hear the screaming from the trees, and I acknowledge the damage she is capable of inflicting.

With one short breath, Deacon diffuses the blaze on either side. My eyes open wide as Amber whirls away, leaving nothing but a puff of crimson smoke. “What the hell, Cruz?’

“Skills.”

“You never mentioned you could do that…”

He stands and dusts off. “You never asked.” He winks.

“But…”

He places a finger on my lips. “Don’t ask, Nero. Just accept.”

“Ok—ay.” I shoot a glance at Dom. “You have any elemental type of skills I should know about?”

“No,” he answers, crossing his arms. “Not that I am aware of.”

“You two are my best friends, and I couldn’t imagine doing this without you,” I sappily say as Dais rolls her eyes. I swear, she just tossed her head back and strutted away. “We need to hurry so that I can get home.”

“We need to hurry so the Kinky Kingdom can come again,” Dom adds as we march past the charred woods to a deeper, darker part of the forest. The foliage hangs over the path extinguishing almost all of the light. It is creepy, even for a guy like me. Owls and frogs sing a grim chant.

“I’m a little unnerved,” I admit, ceasing my step.

“Come,” Deacon bravely says, stopping and reaching his hand out to me. “I have you. Trust me.”

“I’m not the guy that gets scared of the dark,” I counter, gripping his fingers into mine. “This is silly.”

“This is your fantasy, and the light must be balanced by the dark,” Dom points out. “Unfortunately, you cannot have all of the good and none of the bad, that is not how this works.

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