Not seeing her stepmother or her stepsisters for four hours had been a fine reward, too. It was unusual for them to leave her alone for so long. She glanced at the single window of thick glass that she’d long ago given up trying to break. The pane was too thick and probably enchanted to give it extra strength. Given the angle of the shadows on this long spring evening, she figured there was less than two hours before darkness set in, the back door opened, and the wolves came out.
But what if something had happened to her stepmother? She had been gone a long time. Would the entrapment spells be broken if her stepmother was killed? Maybe one of the doors out of the house would open before nighttime arrived.
Cinderella set down the goblet and dashed to the cellar door that led up the steep, damp stone staircase into the garden. Taking a deep breath, she pulled on the iron handle.
It didn’t move an inch—not even a wiggle. The garden door was sealed as it always was when the sun was up, just like every other exit from the house. She slumped against the door. As impossible as it seemed, she believed that someday she’d find a way to escape.
CINDERELLA NINJA WARRIOR
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
McGowan, Maureen.
Sleeping Beauty : vampire slayer / Maureen McGowan.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-1-607-10486-5
1. Plot-your-own stories. [1. Princesses--Fiction. 2. Vampires--Fiction. 3. Fairy tales.
4. Plot-your-own stories.] I. Title.
PZ8.M1761Sl 2011
[Fic]--dc22
2010039737
Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
How This Book Works
Prolognue
Section 1 - CURSED
Section 2 - THE ACADEMY
Section 3 - BIG SECRETS
Section 4 - GLASS HOUSES
Section 5 - COUNTRY LIVING
Section 6 - IN THE DARK
Section 7 - FRIENDSHIP TRANSFORMED
Section 8 - A LEAP OF FAITH
Section 9 - AT WAR
Answers
Copyright Page
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