Wonder Never (The Fairytale Diaries #2) Read Online Free Page A
Author: Amanda Gatton
turned to stomp away, angry he'd allowed himself to be distracted from Alice.
"Don't say I didn't warn you!" Emerson called before taking another long gurgling drag on the hookah.
Josh cast one more angry glance over his shoulder. "Alright I won't!" he said smartly. "Because you didn’t," he added under his breath.
Josh dashed into the mist and trees.
Chapter 5
J osh attracted attention from a spattering of folks as he crawled through the trees and flowers and onto the footpath leading into Wondernever. A woman with glossy blue curls, piled messily beneath a pill box hat paused her quick, short steps to give him an alarmed look. A man in a lime green tuxedo with bright purple hair carefully styled with pomade looked at him with annoyance. The emotion on each face that noticed him ranged from confusion to outright anger. Josh found Wondernever a frustrating and unfriendly place, despite its bright clean colors and gorgeous flowers and forestry. It didn’t escape his attention that he hadn't seen a single smile.
For that reason he decided not to ask passersby about Alice. Instead, he walked along the main path looking here there and everywhere for any trace of her. It was when he passed beneath the window of a bright orange cottage with purple shutters, and a flower box in every window that he heard her voice.
Josh stopped short and stepped back to the window. The house stood on a tall foundation of pristine white bricks so he had to crane on his toes to catch a glimpse inside. He parted a gathering of tulips and found himself looking inside a small room. Alice stood speaking with a tall, stately woman.
"I… I've so much to do today already, Cadence!" Alice said weakly. It was hard to hear her though, over the racket. The woman clutched a squirming bundle to her bosom. And that bundle omitted the worst baby cry he'd ever heard. It was a shrill squeal that pained the ears and sounded like an angry pig.
On top of the infant's awful squalling, a man in a puffy white chef's hat stood before a huge pot which was suspended in a massive fireplace. The fire blazed beneath it and the man used a giant spoon to stir vigorously while dumping alarming quantities of black powder into the pot. The powder caused the man violent fits of uproarious sneezing. Josh rolled his eye and strained to focus on Alice.
"Duchess!" exclaimed the woman who paced the small room erratically rocking the baby in her arms. Her movement was fast and jerky; he couldn't imagine her to be comforting at all. She seemed wound awfully tight. "How many times must I remind you to call me DUCHESS!"
Alice groaned. "Um, that's not your name, and you are not a duchess sooo… It's the twenty first century, is there eve such a thing as duchess anymore?"
"ALICE!" the woman shrieked. She shoved the baby toward Alice. "Take the baby!"
"No!"
Cadence shoved again. "Yes! Take it, it's your day!" she demanded captiously.
Alice giggled. "No! It's not my day! It's never my day!"
The woman shoved the baby toward Alice again, this time withdrawing her arms quickly. Alice gasped and Josh's heart nearly stopped as he watched the squirming blanket clad thing begin to fall.
But soon it fussed in Alice's arms as she snatched it out of the air. Josh breathed a sigh of relief.
The small sound drew Alice's eyes out the window where she spotted him. Her jaw dropped, but she quickly recovered her composure. To the room's other bizarre occupants he remained unnoticed what with the roaring sneezes and Cadence's obnoxious cackling.
"Go!" Cadence said, placing her hands on Alice's shoulders and guiding her toward the exit. "Go now then! Take it and go!" she chirped in a strange puckish voice. Alice allowed herself to be tossed out and the door slammed shut behind her.
In seconds she rounded the corner and met Josh beneath the window.
"What are you doing here?" she whispered urgently. The baby thrashed wildly beneath its blanket. It made it difficult to concentrate.
"I know you
"Don't say I didn't warn you!" Emerson called before taking another long gurgling drag on the hookah.
Josh cast one more angry glance over his shoulder. "Alright I won't!" he said smartly. "Because you didn’t," he added under his breath.
Josh dashed into the mist and trees.
Chapter 5
J osh attracted attention from a spattering of folks as he crawled through the trees and flowers and onto the footpath leading into Wondernever. A woman with glossy blue curls, piled messily beneath a pill box hat paused her quick, short steps to give him an alarmed look. A man in a lime green tuxedo with bright purple hair carefully styled with pomade looked at him with annoyance. The emotion on each face that noticed him ranged from confusion to outright anger. Josh found Wondernever a frustrating and unfriendly place, despite its bright clean colors and gorgeous flowers and forestry. It didn’t escape his attention that he hadn't seen a single smile.
For that reason he decided not to ask passersby about Alice. Instead, he walked along the main path looking here there and everywhere for any trace of her. It was when he passed beneath the window of a bright orange cottage with purple shutters, and a flower box in every window that he heard her voice.
Josh stopped short and stepped back to the window. The house stood on a tall foundation of pristine white bricks so he had to crane on his toes to catch a glimpse inside. He parted a gathering of tulips and found himself looking inside a small room. Alice stood speaking with a tall, stately woman.
"I… I've so much to do today already, Cadence!" Alice said weakly. It was hard to hear her though, over the racket. The woman clutched a squirming bundle to her bosom. And that bundle omitted the worst baby cry he'd ever heard. It was a shrill squeal that pained the ears and sounded like an angry pig.
On top of the infant's awful squalling, a man in a puffy white chef's hat stood before a huge pot which was suspended in a massive fireplace. The fire blazed beneath it and the man used a giant spoon to stir vigorously while dumping alarming quantities of black powder into the pot. The powder caused the man violent fits of uproarious sneezing. Josh rolled his eye and strained to focus on Alice.
"Duchess!" exclaimed the woman who paced the small room erratically rocking the baby in her arms. Her movement was fast and jerky; he couldn't imagine her to be comforting at all. She seemed wound awfully tight. "How many times must I remind you to call me DUCHESS!"
Alice groaned. "Um, that's not your name, and you are not a duchess sooo… It's the twenty first century, is there eve such a thing as duchess anymore?"
"ALICE!" the woman shrieked. She shoved the baby toward Alice. "Take the baby!"
"No!"
Cadence shoved again. "Yes! Take it, it's your day!" she demanded captiously.
Alice giggled. "No! It's not my day! It's never my day!"
The woman shoved the baby toward Alice again, this time withdrawing her arms quickly. Alice gasped and Josh's heart nearly stopped as he watched the squirming blanket clad thing begin to fall.
But soon it fussed in Alice's arms as she snatched it out of the air. Josh breathed a sigh of relief.
The small sound drew Alice's eyes out the window where she spotted him. Her jaw dropped, but she quickly recovered her composure. To the room's other bizarre occupants he remained unnoticed what with the roaring sneezes and Cadence's obnoxious cackling.
"Go!" Cadence said, placing her hands on Alice's shoulders and guiding her toward the exit. "Go now then! Take it and go!" she chirped in a strange puckish voice. Alice allowed herself to be tossed out and the door slammed shut behind her.
In seconds she rounded the corner and met Josh beneath the window.
"What are you doing here?" she whispered urgently. The baby thrashed wildly beneath its blanket. It made it difficult to concentrate.
"I know you
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