Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Once Upon A Tale
    Once Upon A Tale
    Once Upon A Tale
    Ebook104 pages1 hour

    Once Upon A Tale

    By Kim Angelique

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    What happens when Fairy-tales turn into reality? 

    Eliza and Aurora are bound for a new life in the beautiful Scottish Highlands after Eliza is offered a job in a majestic Hotel within a Castle. 

    But they have no idea this move is going to change their lives so dramatically, especially when Aurora finds a diary in a secret room. 

    With Enchantresses, curses and a family history spanning 400 years, Eliza and Aurora are thrown into a mystical mystery that will shape their future and all that come after them forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCreateSpace Self-Publishing
    Release dateDec 26, 2017
    ISBN9781974322305
    Once Upon A Tale

    Related to Once Upon A Tale

    Related ebooks

    Fantasy For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Saving Freyfaxi

      Feb 1, 2024

      Saving Freyfaxi
      8 min read

    • Article

      Camilla The Down To Earth Duchess

      Jul 13, 2022

      Camilla The Down To Earth Duchess
      14 min read

    • Article

      Camilla The Down To Earth Duchess

      Jul 13, 2022

      Camilla The Down To Earth Duchess
      14 min read

    • Article

      Summer Reading Guide

      Jan 2, 2022

      Summer Reading Guide
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Enchanted Canary

      Jun 7, 2023

      The Enchanted Canary
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Incredible Crow

      Mar 4, 2020

      The Incredible Crow
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Wolf Prince

      Jan 6, 2021

      The Wolf Prince
      5 min read

    • Article

      Snowdrop

      Jan 5, 2023

      Snowdrop
      5 min read

    • Article

      Every CLOUD

      Aug 31, 2022

      Every CLOUD
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Mermaid And The Boy

      Jun 3, 2020

      The Mermaid And The Boy
      5 min read

    • Article

      My Memories of Princess Margaret

      May 14, 2020

      Princess Margaret famously accessorised a cocktail in one hand with a cigarette in the other. But the fun-loving royal, who struggled to find purpose in the shadow of her sister Queen Elizabeth, proved she could rein in her vices when she had to give

      6 min read

    • Article

      TALL, WIDE, and Piercing Eyes

      Mar 1, 2019

      TALL, WIDE, and Piercing Eyes
      7 min read

    • Article

      The Crocodile's Gift

      Aug 3, 2022

      The Crocodile's Gift
      4 min read

    • Article

      The Evil Stepmother

      Apr 3, 2019

      The Evil Stepmother
      6 min read

    • Article

      The Scarlet PEBBLE

      Feb 28, 2024

      The Scarlet PEBBLE
      9 min read

    • Article

      Marriage Of Misery

      May 1, 2023

      Marriage Of Misery
      13 min read

    • Article

      Snow Maiden

      Jan 1, 2024

      Snow Maiden
      8 min read

    • Article

      The little NIGHTINGALE

      Dec 7, 2022

      The little NIGHTINGALE
      9 min read

    • Article

      Swan Lake

      Sep 4, 2019

      Swan Lake
      4 min read

    • Article

      Clive’s LAST TANGO

      Dec 29, 2019

      Clive’s LAST TANGO
      3 min read

    • Article

      Left To Lose

      Jul 10, 2022

      Around the time she gives up her name, it starts to feel like this entire revolution isn’t worth it anymore. The world is probably lucky that Kelian—she still remembers Kelian, in spite of everything—is there to pick up the pieces, the way he always

      11 min read

    • Article

      Lost for WORDS

      Sep 23, 2020

      Lost for WORDS
      6 min read

    • Article

      From Dawn ’til Dusk

      May 21, 2020

      From Dawn ’til Dusk
      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Once Upon A Tale

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Once Upon A Tale - Kim Angelique

      Copyright © 2017

      ––––––––

      This book is a work of fiction. The places, names, characters, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be constructed as real. Any resemblance to persons living or dead, actual events, or organizations is purely coincidental.

      All rights reserved

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted by any means, electronically mechanically, photocopied, scanned, or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the author.

      ––––––––

      Kim Angelique

      CreateSpace Independent Publishing

      Prologue

      Related image

      Once upon a time in a land neither near nor far, lived a young Prince who liked nothing more than to escape the palace walls and make his own adventures. During one of these said adventures, the young Prince happened to come upon a beautiful maiden. He watched as she skipped along the paths collecting beautiful flowers that only wilted in her presence. Her long golden hair blew in the wind making her even more alluring. The Prince stepped out from behind the bushes for he wanted to meet this beauty who had taken his breath and find out her name. When she turned, her blue eyes twinkled and her pretty pink lips lifted into a smiled so dazzling the Prince knew instantly that he was smitten.

      Oh beautiful one, why are you out here in the woods without an escort? He asked her. The maiden's cheeks grew pink with his compliment.

      I am only here to pick flowers for my cottage good sir. She answered quietly. Her voice was like a beautiful song on the breeze and the young Prince sighed.

      What is your name oh beautiful one? Her long dark eyelashes fluttered as she looked down at the growth beneath her feet. Never had she been spoken to by such a handsome young man before.

      My name is Clara, sir. May I ask what your name is? The young Prince thought for a moment for he could not tell her his true name. She did not know who he was so he decided right then that he wanted to keep it that way. Therefore, Prince Patrick gave his baby brothers name.

      My name is Edward. He told her feeling sad that she would not know his true name.

      The Prince and the maiden decided to meet every day at this same spot where they became very close picking flowers as they walked closely and talked of their desires and dreams.

      At one of these meetings, the Prince told Clara he would no longer be able to come see her anymore for he was being sent away for a while by his parents. The maiden was very upset as was he, but she understood family obligations.

      I promise you when I return I shall come find you. He told her and he had kissed her on the lips and disappeared into the forest. Clara stood for a long time, her hand to her mouth where the Prince had kissed her. Then she smiled and twirled around in a circle until she fell onto the soft grass giggling.

      The maiden did not go out into the forest after that. Winter had come so she waited until the snow had left the ground and the flowers had once again begun to bloom. Three more seasons passed and her love still did not return. Clara had spent every day at the spot where they had met to no avail. She had decided she was no longer going to wait for him. She was nearing the age of find a suitor and her mother had been hinting at her meeting a nice young man. She had not told her mother about Edward, he had been her little secret and if he never returned, then only she need know about the feelings they once shared.

      Clara. Her mother had said over tea. It is time you met a suitor. I will not be here to look after you forever my darling. Clara's mother had stayed a true beauty and Clara wondered how it was possible her mother seemed to become more beautiful each year. Her mother however, had a secret, not even her daughter knew. For she was a powerful Enchantress. Clara was yet to come into her powers, as she had thankfully not fallen in love. Her mother considered the Enchantress powers a curse for they were only activated when an enchantress experienced a broken heart. Clara's mother was so intent on finding the right suitor for her daughter so she need never know the sorrow of heartbreak and the curse would never come upon her. If the right husband was found, her daughter would live a normal life with none of her mother’s burdens. It was a family curse bore down the line of heartbroken Enchantresses.

      Why even Prince Patrick is due to wed. Her mother exclaimed. How wonderful. I hear he is a rather handsome young man. Clara was only half listening to her mother. She had been thinking about Edward and wondering if he would ever be returning.

      The next day Clara took her basket and headed into the forest. It had been quite some time since she had seen Edward. As she rounded a clump of bushes, there stood a tall man with dark hair. It was as if he had stepped out of a dream.

      Edward! She exclaimed. He turned just in time to catch Clara in his arms. She had grown even more beautiful and his first instinct was to kiss her lips. Something he had been dreaming of doing every day since he had left. She giggled and the sound of her voice was like beautiful bells.

      Clara my beauty, you look more radiant than I remember. The Prince stepped back remembering himself. He had come to tell her the truth. That he was the Prince and was to wed a Princess his parents had introduced him to. However, he could not tell her. To lose that smile from her lovely face would be a crime in itself, so he told her of his travels. He had so little time left with her, by the month’s end he would be wed, and there would be no more escaping from the castle, she would know his true self and hate him for it. He watched her face carefully, memorising it for all time. Her beauty was more than he could handle and he realised his love for her had not wanned a single bit. Without thinking, he took Clara in his arms and they lay together.

      The Grand wedding day was upon them and Clara dressed for the Royal occasion. She had told her mother only a week earlier about Edward and the love they shared for one another. Her mother had asked her to bring him home so as she could meet him, but she had not seen her love all week and wanted to tell him the happy news. She was with child. Clara dreamed of the life she would now have with Edward, the family they would raise together.

      Clara and her mother walked the distance to the castle with the rest of the villages. Clara searched the faces of the crowd for her love, but alas, she did not see him. Maybe he lived closer to the castle than she and was

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1