Snow White's Mirror (Fairy-tale Inheritance Series Book 3) by Shonna Slayton

Author:Shonna Slayton [Slayton, Shonna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780997449990
Publisher: Amaretto Press
Published: 2018-12-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

“I see neither of you heeded my warnings. Winn, didn’t I tell you to stay away from Wilhelmina?” Lou struggled to stand. “And Wilhelmina, the same about Winn?”

“You stay off that foot.” Billie rushed to Lou’s side. “Here, I’ll help you sit back.”

Winn looked sheepish. “I didn’t tell her. She figured it out on her own. You know I can’t hide myself in here.” He pressed around the edges of the mirror as if to prove his point. “When someone says the rhyme, I get pulled front and center to the frame. We’ve experimented.”

“Can you get him out?” Billie asked. She fluffed up Lou’s pillow before setting it behind her.

Lou swatted at Billie’s hand. “Quit fussing. He’d be sitting in that chair if I could get him out. I wouldn’t wish his fate on anyone. It’s a high price to pay for foolishness.” She looked at him with fondness, as a mother would a son.

Well, what do you know? Lou did have a soft heart beneath that crusty exterior. It just took Winn to bring it out of her.

Billie understood that sentiment. Winn had a way of getting into a person’s heart even when you didn’t want him to. “What sort of foolishness did he do?”

“Not my tale to tell.”

Billie looked at Winn for the answer.

“I’m not in the mood,” he said.

“Fine. What do we do now? How are we going to get him out of there?” She couldn’t tell her uncle she’d found the mirror without first getting Winn out of it. Uncle Dale wouldn’t care who was in the mirror, as long as they could figure out the magic.

“You are going to do nothing,” Lou said. “Now you know why you need to leave—before this gets more complicated than it already is. And make sure you take that uncle with you.”

“I can’t go away now that I know about this.” She waved her hand at the mirror.

“For Winn’s sake, you need to go. I know the real reason your uncle is here. I’d gone to Germany trying to find answers, and when I came back, Winn was waiting to tell me there was a man and girl asking questions about me. And they’d been to the assayer’s office.”

She looked pointedly at Billie.

“My uncle didn’t tell me anything about his plans. All I knew was that we were coming here to give you that ridiculous watch, and then we’d be on our way back to Boston.” She didn’t know if that was a good thing or not. Had there been no watch, no Winn. But she would have been home by now and happily unaware of the existence of a magic mirror except for in the family bedtime stories.

“And yet, you’re still here.” Lou turned her head as the flowers in the vase finally caught her eye. She stiffened, her features narrowing.

So, the advances of the mystery man were not welcomed. Billie would have to ask about him later. Right now, there were more important things to discuss. And not about why she and her uncle were still in town.

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