The Black Wolf
Hansel and Gretel, except in this one, the witch didn’t perish in the oven.
Instead, she turned the children into crows and fed them to her wolves. I flipped to the end, my heartbeat pounding. Every single tale was warped. Twisted. Happy endings devoured by shadows.
I stared at the shelf, horror blooming inside me. Dozens of books, all telling the same message: Good will always lose.
“Xareth,” I whispered aloud. That monster.
That evening, I took my dinner plate and found Zevarion near the garden. I shared my food with him and told him what I’d discovered. His laughter came like a breeze in spring, light, sweet, and momentarily soothing.
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