Dream Trysts: A Sleeping Beauty Story (Passion-Filled FairyTales Book 4) by Rosetta Bloom Read Free Book Online

exact location. You just need to tell it where to go. So, if you wanted to see the house I grew up in, you would just say, ‘Show me Hilly’s house when she was a wee little fairy,’ and the stone would take you there.”
    Rose nodded. That made sense. She could just ask the stone to take her to James.
    “So I was thinking we could go to the market of the Kingdom of Laspin. It’s a neighboring kingdom and very nice. Lots of people, lots to see. I think you’d really adore it.”
    “We’re all going?” Rose asked.
    “Well, of course, dear. We thought we could buy you a present there, something in addition to the stones. Perhaps a new dress or a pendant.”
    Hilly’s excited smile, her desire to see Rose pleased, let the girl know her plan wouldn’t work. She couldn’t see James. She should have known that they’d want to come with her. “Is that why there are three stones? So we can all go?”
    Hilly shook her head. “What kind of gift would it be if Dwennon and I used it up?” Hilly chuckled. “Just you and I are going to go, and I already have my own stone. Dwennon, well, you know how much he loves to cook, so he planned to prepare us a feast while gone. A fairy stone can only be used once, for a roundtrip journey. It will get you there and back. So, there’s one for this trip today, and after you’ve joined your parents, you can take two more journeys on your own. The danger will be gone by then, so I imagine you can have fun going on any trip you want.”
    Rose nodded. She knew exactly what to do now.

Chapter 9
     
    Rose and Hilly had a delightful time in the market in the morning, with Rose seeing so many people and things she’d never seen before. She’d been absolutely elated the entire trip. And when she returned, they feasted on a sumptuous meal prepared by Dwennon, followed by a raspberry cake that tasted lighter than air.
    It had been the best birthday ever. But it was going to get better.
    Rose’s plan was simple. She was going to tell Dwennon and Hilly she was exhausted from all the excitement and that she wanted a nap before they journeyed to her parents. They’d agree, certainly, because her parents wanted her to depart the cottage and head to the castle as soon as her birthday was over. After it struck midnight, the danger was over. So, of course a nap would be acceptable. But she wouldn’t nap. She would go and see James. She smiled to herself.
    “You know,” Rose said, yawning even though it was only three in the afternoon. “I’m a bit tired. I thought maybe I’d take a nap, so I could be ready to travel tonight.”
    Hilly nodded. “If you want, dearest, but,” she said, pausing dramatically as if she had something momentous to add. “I thought you might like to try using your magic.”
    Well, her mind had been entirely on James. The idea that Hilly had seen magic being performed by Rose in her sleep had seemed absurd to her, given that she had never seen such in her own life. Though she had been able to control things in her dreams. But dreams were different, a place of imagination. Her mother used fairy magic in dreams even though it was lost to her in waking hours. It seemed preposterous that Rose would have fairy magic in the waking world. She believed they were one hundred percent mistaken, except for the fact that she’d used the fairy stones. They’d been adamant fairy stones would only work for fairies. The stone had worked for her, so she must have some type of fairy magic in her.
    “Practice where?” Rose asked.
    “Outside, of course,” Dwennon said.
    Rose nodded, and the three of them exited the small cottage to stand outside in the glade.  The clearing around the house was a wide, generous space. Rose had loved running and playing here when she’d been small. And there was a small garden behind the house. A fair number of animals would frolic in the yard, and sometimes Rose would play right along with them. Even though she couldn’t understand them the