Fairy Tales with a Shift: Complete Collection (5 Bear Shifter Novellas) by Cara Wylde

Author:Cara Wylde [Wylde, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-05-05T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER THREE

Nieve had tossed and turned all night. It just couldn’t be true. But yet, there was something about Hunter that made her think he wasn’t lying to her. He really believed that the Queen had hired him to kill her. Nothing about this seemed real. Even Hunter, Margaret and the boys didn’t seem real to Nieve. “It’s some kind of nightmare… I’ll wake up soon and I’ll be in my own bed, safe and sound.” That thought finally helped her fall into a deep sleep.

When Nieve woke up, she didn’t find herself back at the palace. Instead, she was in this small, strange little room where she had fallen asleep. This was no dream or nightmare, it was her reality. She had to find a way to get back to the palace, but if Margaret and the cubs were with her, she’d have no chance of escape. Nieve knew better than to just run off. They’d follow her scent and track her down. She didn’t like these thoughts either. After all, Margaret had given her shelter, and if she ran away, she would get her in trouble with her brother.

She could hear Margaret calling the cubs for breakfast. It was pandemonium once again. They were an unruly little lot, but then, with no father who could control them, how else would they be?

“Nieve, are you awake? Boys, wake up the Princess on your way down, I need to talk to her,” Margaret shouted up.

Nieve braced herself as her door was pushed in and six of the cubs barged in and jumped on top of her. Some were in their human form and the rest were bear cubs. They were full of high jinks. Apparently, they liked her scent because they began to cuddle, almost pushing her off the bed. She giggled, not quite sure what to make of them, and patted the cubs on their heads, like they were pups.

“Mother wants to see you, come now,” said one of them.

Two of the cubs pulled the blanket off Nieve, and they danced around her as she got out of bed. She had slept in the same dress she was wearing when Hunter found her by the river. Even though Margaret had left some clean clothes for her on the chair, she had refused to change. She wanted to be ready, just in case an opportunity showed itself. She refused to get too comfortable here, in this cottage.

“You are very popular!” Margaret smiled when she saw the cubs escorting the Princess down the stairs. When she saw she was wearing the same dress, she frowned but didn’t say anything. The girl was strange.

Nieve smiled back. “Is Hunter here?”

“No, and I don’t think he slept here last night either. That’s what I want to talk to you about.”

Margaret eyed up Nieve, who was now sitting at the table. The woman was stressed and worn looking. Nieve could feel the hackles of her neck stand, anticipating Margaret’s question. Did she know that Hunter

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