War and Pieces - Frayed Fairy Tales (Season 1, Episode 3)

By Tia Silverthorne Bach, N.L. Greene, Kelly Risser and Jo Michaels

This is a serial series. A new episode will be released every two days.

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there were zombies...

That’s how it all started. Authors have created a major problem with stories like Cinder, The Dark Queen, and Asleep, and it’s wreaking havoc here in Ever After. Our queens are fighting for their lives.

Rather like Mother Nature, keeper of the fine balance that’s life in your world, tales that begin with “Once upon a time” were never meant to be messed with.

Now, Ariel is underwater with all the defenses she’s been launching, Aurora hasn’t slept in weeks, and Rapunzel is tangled in... Well, I can’t even begin to tell you.

Rather than try, I’ll let you see for yourself. You and I will talk again afterward—if I survive long enough. So, as our fateful story begins:

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tia Silverthorne Bach
• Release date: Apr 26, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370861866

Tia Silverthorne Bach

Tia Silverthorne Bach has been married to her college sweetheart for twenty years, has three beautiful girls, and adores living in the breathtaking state of Colorado. Her daughters were born in Chicago, San Diego, and Baltimore; and she feels fortunate to have called many places home. She believes in fairy tales and happy endings and is an avid reader and rabid grammar hound. She is an award-winning, multi-genre author and an Editor for Indie Books Gone Wild. From an early age, she escaped into books and believes they can be the source of healing and strength. If she’s not writing, you can find her on the tennis court, at the movies, reading a good book, or spooning Jif peanut butter right out of the jar.

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War and Pieces

Frayed Fairy Tales

Season 1: Episode 3

by Tia Silverthorne Bach and N. L. Greene

All Rights Reserved

Copyright © 2017 The Ferocious 5

Tia Silverthorne Bach

N. L. Greene

Jo Michaels

Kelly Risser

First Edition

License Notes:

This book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. It may not be copied or re-distributed in any way. Authors hold all copyright.

This book is a work of fiction and does not represent any individual living or dead.

Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously.

Cover design and art by Jo Michaels

Typeset for print and web by Jo Michaels

Edited by Jo Michaels and Tia Silverthorne Bach

of INDIE Books Gone Wild

Proofread by Kelly Risser

The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by fines and federal imprisonment.

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War and Pieces ~ Frayed Fairy Tales

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there were zombies…

That’s how it all started. Authors have created a major problem with stories like Cinder, The Dark Queen, and Asleep, and it’s wreaking havoc here in Ever After. Our queens are fighting for their lives.

Rather like Mother Nature, keeper of the fine balance that’s life in your world, tales that begin with Once upon a time were never meant to be messed with.

Now, Ariel is underwater with all the defenses she’s been launching, Aurora hasn’t slept in weeks, and Rapunzel is tangled in… Well, I can’t even begin to tell you.

Rather than try, I’ll let you see for yourself. You and I will talk again afterward—if I survive long enough. So, as our fateful story begins:

Once upon a time, in a land far, far away…

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While they waited for the guards to return with the crosses and holy water, Rose and Isabella instructed everyone in the room to gather in a back corner. If the women could form a barrier between all the innocents and the demons, maybe they’d be able to keep anyone else from getting hurt or possessed. As much as Rose worried about Amelia being involved, she helped, too, keeping herself between their people and the demons.

The fiends didn’t move, remaining in the rafters on all fours, their heads tilting from one side to the other as they studied what was happening below them. Their black eyes were focused, intent on the people as if calculating the perfect time to attack.

Rose stood ready, but she was torn between immense hatred and heartache. On one side, the creatures sat, just waiting to strike and kill her friends. And on the other were her friends, mobilized and ready to fight for their lives and the wellbeing of their loved ones.

One of the demons moved, inching a little farther down the rafter, closer to the