Chapter 1 Once Upon a Time …
… the princess slipped in and out of consciousness. Blissful darkness was interspersed with flashes of chaos.
Her head throbbed as she was scooped up into warm, safe arms, carried too fast along dark hallways. A voice, so longed for, murmured, “Just hold on, Catnip. Please!”
She wanted to tell the man that she had no intention of dying, that she wanted to live, if only to see his handsome face again. But blackness took her once more …
The pulsing thrum of helicopter blades. Her eyes refused to open, which was probably for the best because the dizzying feeling of flying was making her nauseous again.
She let the dark take her for a while. It was easier …
“Where the fuck is the ambulance?” It must be bad for him to be dropping F-bombs, she thought dreamily. “How far is it to the hospital, could we just drive?”
“Airlie doesn’t have a hospital, Henry. It’s about half an hour to the one in Proserpine. I’ll call triple zero again. Is she awake?”
“Barely.”
She tried to hold onto consciousness … but it slipped away again, and she fell into a deep, enchanted sleep …