Finally, the queen walked out of the trees opposite them. Three red-eyed wolves followed her, and they all gasped. Snow White watched as the queen leered at Anthony, and she felt a defensive surge for this young man who was risking his life for her, for them. The queen’s gaze shifted to Christopher, and Snow White saw the dismissive way she looked at him—which she questioned, re-assessing Christopher again herself.
The queen said something in that language of dark magic, and the wolves stepped forward, transforming as they did into wolf-men. Snow White and Aurora and the fairies all gasped, and Christopher and Anthony stiffened. Anthony raised his bow and shot at them. Every arrow, Snow White was impressed to see, hit one of the wolf-men, but the arrows did not halt their advance. Snow Wh
