Princess Cromwell and Her Six Brothers
The driver looked through the rearview mirror at the rolling mountain range completely swallowed by the black canopy of night, his voice betraying unmistakable fear: "Miss, I really cannot go any farther. There are often wild animals around here at night. If my car breaks down, there would not even be anyone to rescue us."
Amelia did not press him. She simply nodded lightly, her fingers gripping the phone that had never once responded, her knuckles pale.
She pushed open the car door, and the mountain wind of the deep night surged in instantly, carrying the damp, chilling cold unique to dense forests, mixed with the stench of soil and rotting leaves, crashing hard against her slender body.