Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

The Unenchanted Princess is the tale of a princess born without an enchantment in a magic land where all royalty is surrounded by enchantment. Alexandra refuses to give in to her parents' schemes to find her an enchantment or marry her off to someone willing to overlook her lack. She runs away to escape, but soon learns she is at the heart of a struggle to control the Magic Lands.

Together with the Frog Prince, a Prince Charming who is turned into a crow and a young woman from a land where magic is forbidden, she must learn how to defeat her enemy and dispel the last enchantment.

The Unenchanted Princess

Alexandra was dreaming that Herbert had come to rescue her, only when she kissed him she turned into a frog. When she tried to scream all that came out was a croaking sound. Herbert was laughing at her, only it wasn't him. The laughter was too cruel to be her friend's. She woke with a start and looked around. She tried to sit up, but it took two tries before she was successful. A shadowed figure was watching her through the bars to the cell.


"I could almost admire you, if you weren't just a mortal." The voice caressed her with the promise of relief. A hand was holding a glass of water through the bars.


"A drink. Something to ease that thirst which must be torturing you." She shook her head, not trusting her voice. "Drink and be free of all that is keeping you here."


"Won't forget." Alexandra's voice was just a croak, like in her dream. She started to laugh, a wretched strangled laugh, but it galvanized her enemy. The hand shook, and she could see the knuckles turning white.


Chapter 38