Twisted_A Twisted Fairytale by Lena Mae Hill

Author:Lena Mae Hill [Hill, Lena Mae]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Speak Now
Published: 2018-12-26T06:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Cayenne

I expected Efrain to change into a boar, but before he could, one of the wolves changed into a man. Even though I’d seen tons of naked guys in my life, my eyes still had the embarrassing tendency to wander south. The middle-aged Hispanic guy in front of us ignored my perusal. “We have warned you to stop invading our valley,” he said, his voice hard and clear. “Your constant trespassing will not be tolerated under our new leader.”

“We just want my grandma back,” I said, holding up both hands. “We’re not here to invade. We brought no army.”

“I don’t know anything about your grandmother,” the man said. “We have only wolves in or valley. And we’re tired of you shifters crossing our boundaries as if they don’t exist, taking from our valley because you depleted your own.”

As he spoke, I realized that he thought I was a shifter. The thought made me want to laugh, but not in the horrified way my parents would have. I didn’t mind that he thought I was a shifter. It was not offensive or insulting now that I knew them. I liked shifters.

Wolves, not so much.

I wanted my granny back, and this lying dog was not going to keep me from getting her.

“You sure you ain’t seen her granny?” Efrain asked, sounding amused. “Old lady, grey hair, about yay high?” He held up a hand to show how tall she was.

“No,” the wolf-man said, grinding his teeth. “Now get out of our valley. We won’t tell you again.”

“You sure-sure?” Efrain asked. “No old Chinese lady wandered by lately? Because I might have seen her here with my own eyes.”

“She’s not Chinese,” I hissed. “Those are wrinkles around her eyes.”

“Whatever,” Efrain said with a shrug. “I don’t think these dogs are going to obey. Which means we might have to fight.”

Without warning, his body exploded into a huge, spiny boar. He charged straight for the man, but before he could reach him, the other two wolves, who had stayed in wolf form, leapt into his way. Efrain’s tusk gouged into one of the wolves, and I bit back a horrified scream as a bloody, crimson gasp appeared in the wolf’s grey pelt.

I’d wanted excitement, not violence. Of course, I had trained for fighting, but now that an attack was actually happening, I froze. I didn’t want to hurt anyone. Witches fought with shields and magic, clean and neat. There was no blood in a witch fight.

Wolves and shifters fought dirty. The wolves were snarling, leaping in to bite at Efrain as he charged one way and another, trying to skewer another wolf. Even the one he’d hit was still standing, snapping when he came near. The others were protecting it, I realized, drawing Efrain away.

And I was standing there, useless as an ordinary human.

Do something, I screamed at myself. Robin swooped overhead, chirping in agitation.

I raised my hands to do something my parents had told me never to do—use magic to hurt someone. Robin cheeped even louder, and I could feel his disapproval.

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