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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Prologue
I knew it was going to be a bad day when I stepped out of the house with two different shoes on my feet. I did not think it would be so bad as to end…
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 66
“The Fates must entreat with a body should it come to them,” Red said to me as we walked across the throne room. “That is their way.
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 65
Another egghead scientist strapped a probe to my head, just like they had done in the pixie castle. The only difference was that this egghead scientist…
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 64
“Stay away from me!” I shouted as the Wicked Witch sauntered toward me. She smiled, revealing her perfect white teeth. “I don’t think so. You’re an…
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 63
I pressed my hand against the dank brick wall as we walked in the darkness of the passageway. The secret tunnel led under the castle and into the inner…
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 62
There was nothing to do in the dark cell except sit alone with my thoughts, and I hated them as much as I hated myself, and the position I’d put myself…
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 61
I had a secret nobody knew about me. I wasn’t much good with magic. I had unlocked a spell here and a spell there, but aside from some shields and a…
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 60
“NO!” My queen. My queen. I watched her tumble down to the ground from the royal balcony. I watched Nimue drop her like she was a piece of garbage and…
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 59
Commander Balsim’s men dragged Ozma into my throne room and threw her at my feet.
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 58
I was so sick of blacking out and waking up in strange places. The last thing I remembered was a giant dragon picking me up in its talons and lifting me…
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 57
There was no way to get through the main gates of the Emerald City without somebody finding and capturing us.
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The Sleeping Beauty - Book 1 - Chapter 56
My precious dragon shrieked as it flew toward me carrying the two prizes I had commanded it to retrieve.
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