Chapter 38
Just as the last bell tolled, Cinder’s clothes changed. Her dress changed back into Darlene’s old dress. Her fan and dance card thudded onto the ground as they turned back into her old boots.
Boots.
Cinder quickly shoved off Lalyn’s shoes and laced on her boots. As a last-second thought, she grabbed Lalyn’s glass slippers and shoved them into her dress pockets. But the pockets were so small that one of the shoes fell out. Cinder didn’t have time to look for it.
She ran as fast and as far as she could—through the stream, over the fallen logs, past the whispering leaves and deep into the enchanted forest.
It wasn’t long before the wolfkin began howling.
Screams came to her right, so she veered to the left, trying not to think about those women. She couldn’t help them. She’d
