The Battle (part 1)

A retelling of a classic fairy tale that takes a completely different path over the river and through the Wood...

*** In this excerpt, the names of the villains are replaced with Big Bad 1 and Big Bad 2. It is just a #sneakpeak after all. Happy Reading! 📚📖📚 

~Aspen Hite

An EXCERPT from

Ruby Hood, A Twistedly True Tale

By Aspen Hite

A cold chill started in Ruby’s toes and flooded into every fiber of her being. It couldn’t be. How could this get worse? Was it possible? Wasn’t that the voice of…

            “Because Ruby Hood is going to die tonight. I’m going to kill her.” The voice of Big Bad 1 reverberated though the Wood. Another large gnarly tree morphed into a human figure and sent wooden spikes flying through the air.

Ruby lurched backward as a shard of wood grazed her cheek. Lycan, all around her, howled in pain. Frozen in a ball of emotions: surprise, fear, rage, frustration. She snapped. There was no more time for stalling or pretending or cowering. Now was time for action.

Shaking until she couldn’t control it anymore, Ruby held on. Tension rising, the wolves surrounded. Low growls emanating from them. “Attack,” she whispered to her pack, her allies.

 The four-legged Lycan army lunged, teeth bared, toppling Big Bad 1.

Big Bad 2 only had eyes for Ruby. Atop her in a moment, with a look of pure hunger on her face. Grabbing a tuft of Ruby’s hair, Big Bad 2 yanked and then shoved Ruby to the ground.

She twisted and stumbled, scrambling away as best she could. If she could just get enough space between her and the trees, she could wing some protection orbs in their direction. That might buy her a bit of time. Where in the hells was Ella? The Unnaturalness was upon them.

Big Bad 2 held up her hands. Her fingertips morphed into long spears, and she licked her lips, “I can't wait to stab you repeatedly until your dying breath gurgles in my ear, Ruby Hood.”

                                                    To Be Continued...

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