The Grimm Prequels Book 5: (Prequels 19-24) by Cameron Jace

Author:Cameron Jace [Jace, Cameron]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Storykiller Books
Published: 2016-07-29T18:30:00+00:00

Four days later, and only hours before Bluebeard’s expected arrival, I still hadn’t solved the puzzle. I did attempt an escape through the forest, but the maids were right. The forest played tricks on me. Every direction I slithered through, I ended up at the same spot where I started. How did I know? I always ended by the sign that said West of the Moon, East of the Sun.

Sometimes it said West of the Sun, East of the Moon. I didn’t pay attention to that part. For all I knew the forest was mocking me; did it really matter whether it was west or east of the moon? It was an unapproachable place either way.

Back in the hallway, I sat with my hands on my chin, staring at the door, thinking about the mirror behind it. I could swear the answer was in that mirror. If I could only solve the ‘dore’ puzzle.

“He’s here,” one of the maids told me. “Master Bluebeard.”

“So soon?” I said.

“Not in the castle yet, but he’s been seen on the outskirts of town. His horses, Tabula, and the rest of his men.”

“So that’s it.” I sighed.

“We’ll try to distract him for a while,” the maid offered.

“No need,” I said. “You can only do that for how long?”

She pursed her lips and lowered her head, lacing her hands. “I really thought you’d be different.”

“Sorry to disappoint you.” I mocked her— and myself. “I guess I’m nothing but a naive and troubled fifteen-year-old who got pregnant by a man who plans to kill her.”

“You keep saying that.”

“Saying what?”

“That you’ve been troubled as a child. I really can’t see how.”

It’s then when flaming flashes from my childhood attacked my senses. Bloody memories, so dark and evil-stained I had to bury them in my childhood grave.

Who are you really, Erza? What about yourself haven’t you told in this diary? What about your childhood have you erased from your memories? Is that why the mirror frightens you? Because it can expose you?

I shrugged, hardly swallowing whatever dumb thought was stuck in my throat. Even without remembering details, it seemed like I maybe deserved this. How many people think of themselves as good while they aren’t? I bet Bluebeard doesn’t think of himself as an evil man. Deep in his mind, he must have found that deeply flawed logical reasoning behind his doings. Be it that he was only killing Lost Sevens, avenging himself for all the hurt he’d suffered, or even doing a favor to the world by killing the descendants of those who refused to pay the piper centuries ago.

“We’re all evil inside,” I said to the maid, standing up with my back to the door. “To one degree or another.”

“You’re convinced that ‘evil is a point of view’ are you?” she said, following my gaze toward the archway opposite to the door, the only one leading to the hall with the piano.

“Where did you hear that?” I said absently. Something about the piano seemed odd. It lay just opposite to the door I wanted to open.

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