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

As soon as they crossed the border the three felt the weight of sleep strike them. It was all that they could do to keep their eyes open. The horses dropped their heads immediately and began sleeping peacefully. Nothing they could do would wake them.


"Back!" Herbert gasped and they stumbled back across the border.


"How far is it to the Castle Sopo?" asked Jock.


"Almost a day's ride," she said, shaking the last of the sleep spell from her head. "I think we were already too tired when we crossed the border. We must wait until morning to try again."


"I should get our gear from the horses. It isn't that far," said Jock.


"No," Herbert answered. "It is too risky."


"I don't think we will be able to walk all day in any case," Alexandra said. "I felt just as sleepy as you did. It may have been because I was already tired or because the spell was directed at something I am accustomed to doing, but I don't seem to be as immune to the sleep as to other enchantments."


Chapter 60