Kissed by the Wolf's Curse

oods-like a whisper over the world, like a breath

as she struggled through the thicker and thicker shroud of white. The wicker basket next to her bumped against her

the path

e it'd

snow. The sky, which had been pale gray, was now bruised lavender's color. Her hands thr

fr

wolf.

these woods. Of a prince who had once been disobedient to the gods, transformed into

that frighte

ye

ked something in her chest. It

e up to her knees, and the wind lashed her eyes. A momentary

ing dark and enormous sti

brea

e snowed ground, blood bubbling up like ink through its matted coat. One of its

uld have left things just as

the wolf began

. Radi

ment, she fe

ees next to the creature. Her fingers trembled, not with

owed now. Snow drifted

," she whispered, "but I wo

ad and shoulders. Her heart was racing. Her magic-reflexiv

e darkness, she thou

came

snow, wind, and the beginning of