Frogs and Princes by Holly Hook

Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781535129534
Google: XTXvvQAACAAJ
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

The first light of morning came about an hour later.

It started as a pink glow on the horizon ahead, almost too faint to make out. But my eyes had adjusted so much to the dark that every little source of light popped out at me. I couldn't believe how sensitive they had gotten.

Morning, Lawrence said.

It was the first thing he'd uttered in a long time. Two hours, maybe. Maybe longer.

Shorty spoke, too. "That's good. My grandmother prefers night, but she might still come after us."

"Shorty," I blurted. "Why didn't you tell me and Franco the truth?" I could say something now he'd given up his secret in front of the frog prince.

And it wasn't like the frog prince could do anything about it. At least not until he was human again. Then we'd have something to worry about.

He exhaled. "It would have gone over great, you know, if I'd said my father is an evil wizard who wants to take over Fable. I hate him with all my being."

"I can see that."

"He never gave me information about my mother," he said. "I only know my parents met right before I they had me. When my mom figured out she would have me, she wanted nothing to do with Alric anymore because she must have found out how evil he was. They weren't married, and she wanted to wed another guy. Alric got jealous and sealed her in a glass coffin that no one has broken her out of until now. No one has found her tomb. He keeps showing it and saying that if I please him enough, he'll release her."

Shorty kicked at a pebble and eyed the trees.

"Only I'll never do that. Alric hates me. He always has."

"He's an evil person," I told him. "I saw that last night. He must treat everyone like crap." I didn't know what else to say. My father didn't hate me, at least.

"Alric always left me with mean nannies. Never spoke to me much. I grew up in the dark region, Candice. I hated the place. The castle that Alric lived in and the king he used to work for. The skies that are always dark and gray and all the wolves that howl at night. You remember that weird spot of death we walked through? That's what the entire dark region is like. It's home to all the darker aspects of the fairy tales."

"Yikes," I said. Shorty had spent a lot of time there. I could barely stand it for a few minutes.

"I was a prisoner in the castle and not allowed to leave. When I lived there, it belonged to an evil king called Henrik. But he's gone now and Alric is the master of the dark region. He wants all of Fable. And now I'm supposed to help him."

"But you don't want to help him."

"I wanted to win my mother's freedom," Shorty said. "I wanted to meet her. And I wanted out of the dark region. So when Alric told me there was a way I could get those things, I jumped at the chance.

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