Wolves And Roses: A Fairy Tale Retelling of Sleeping Beauty (Fairy Tales of the Magicorum Book 1) by Christina Bauer

Wolves And Roses: A Fairy Tale Retelling of Sleeping Beauty (Fairy Tales of the Magicorum Book 1) by Christina Bauer

Author:Christina Bauer [Bauer, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781945723063
Publisher: Monster House Books
Published: 2019-06-05T00:00:00+00:00


16

BRYAR ROSE

I’ve grabbed my favorite spot on Elle’s couch. Chinese takeout sits on the coffee table before us. Sure, Knox said he’d bring over food, but I’ll just eat that too. In my life, carbo-loading is an essential form of therapy. That said, our supplies for the evening go far beyond Chinese takeout. Elle and I also have three pints of Ben & Jerry’s in the freezer, along with a binge-watch fiesta of Stranger Things ready to go on TV. After all the craziness with Philpot at LeCharme, it’s time for some fun with Elle. I grab an eggroll and stuff my face.

Meanwhile, Elle sits at the far end of the couch, staring at her hands and looking super-guilty.

“What?” I speak through a mouthful of food. “Aren’t you going to eat?” I also can’t help notice that Elle is still wearing her suit while I’ve taken it upon myself to borrow a pair of her skinny jeans and a long sweater.

“I just need to clear the air.”

“No you don’t. Eat.”

“I’m so sorry I wasn’t there for you back at LeCharme.” Elle holds up her phone. “You sent me like a million texts.”

I keep stuffing my face, but I don’t correct her. It was totally annoying that we couldn’t get in touch. “What happened? Why’d you go off the grid?”

“Alec and I decided to take a walk and get some coffee. I was teasing him, and we decided to both shut off our phones and, well, that’s it.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

“Are you sure? Just so you know, I got you a first edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland for your birthday.”

“First of all, that is so awesome about the gift. I can’t believe it.” Elle knows how much I love Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. “But you didn’t need to say a thing about presents. I’m the one who should be giving you gifts and apologizing.”

Elle shrugs. “Right.”

I decide that now is a good time to stare at the floor. Yup. Still there. “No, it’s true. We have bigger things to talk about.”

“Like how you dumped Philpot? That was awesome, by the way.”

“Nope. Even bigger than that.” I set down the dumpling I’d picked up, just to show how serious this particular topic is. “I kissed Knox.”

Elle bounces a little on the couch. “You did?”

“Or he kissed me.” I squint, thinking back through the experience. “Whatever. It was definitely a mutual thing.” I raise my pointer finger. “And it happened twice.”

“And?”

I blush my face off. “It was awesome.”

Elle rips open a little white box that’s filled with mu shu pork. “Details, girlfriend.”

“Not until I get a little intel from your side. Anything happen with you and Alec?”

“Nope. Friends without benefits forever.”

“Is it because of his magic stuff?” I don’t want to come out and say that I guessed Alec is a warden, and Knox confirmed it. That means he can’t get married. Which is a little bit of a bummer, but come on? We’re seventeen, and no one’s worrying about getting hitched now.



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