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

Late in the evening, after Neje had gone to bed, Rapunzel and Jordon sat up and talked. They had found the princess but felt helpless. Her situation was even more horrible than Jordon's. He was in the shape of a crow, but he was still himself. Neje's mother had become a monster who wanted to kill her daughter. It made Rapunzel want to be held and comforted, but she had to be content with Jordon rubbing his head against hers. The moon rose in the giant window and shone through the dollhouse window to make everything sharp black and white. If only life were that simple, wished Rapunzel. She fell asleep curled up on the couch with Jordon standing guard on the back.


The morning sun woke them, and as Rapunzel walked out the kinks in her back, they heard the giants beginning their day. The ordinary sounds made their situation seem less impossible. Princess Neje wandered in rubbing her eyes.


Chapter 58