First Snow (A Dark Faerie Tale Story)

By Alexia Purdy

In the dead of winter, Jonna is saved from the cold by an unlikely ally. She's determined to rescue her family from the clutches of an ancient witch who rules the desolate frost lands and turns trespassers into statues of ice.

This is a companion story to A Dark Faerie Tale series and takes place in the same world. It may be read at any point in the series.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melancholy Muse Press
• Release date: Mar 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215973882

Alexia Purdy

Alexia is a USA Today Bestselling author who currently lives in Las Vegas and loves spending every free moment writing or hanging out with her four rambunctious kids. Writing is the ultimate getaway for her since she's always lost in her head. She is best known for her award-winning Reign of Blood series, and A Dark Faerie Tale Series.Sign up for email updates and exclusive giveaways: http://smarturl.it/AlexiaPurdyNewsAlexia's websites:www.alexiapurdybooks.comhttp://alexiaepurdy.blogspot.comTwitter: @AlexiaPurdyAlexia Purdy Fan page:https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaPurdyAuthorA Dark Faerie Tale Series by Alexia Purdy FB page:https://www.facebook.com/ADarkFaerieTaleSeriesReign of Blood Series FB page:https://www.facebook.com/RoBbooks

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First Snow

A Dark Faerie Tale Story

©March 2023 Alexia Purdy

Previously published in the Once Upon a Wish Anthology

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In the dead of winter, Jonna is saved from the cold by an unlikely ally. She's determined to rescue her family from the clutches of an ancient witch who rules the desolate frost lands and turns trespassers into statues of ice.

There’s powerful magic in a name, like a wish.

Especially when there is no other magic to be found.

First Snow

Seven jet-black ravens landed on the icy branches, disturbing the quiet of this wondrous other world with their flapping wings. Snow crystals lined my eyelashes as I peered into the tree line. The tapping of snowflakes against the ground was the only sound in the vastness of the forest. My cheeks stung from my tears freezing in the cold air. Puffs of steam spilled from my mouth as I spun in the middle of the clearing, my heart frantically beating in my head.

I closed my eyes and inhaled a sharp, freezing breath. The weight of the world held me down, but there was nowhere to go. It was my own fault. I could have been back at the camp lodge sipping hot chocolate and warming by the fireplace. Instead, I was lost in the middle of the endless wilderness without a clue about how to get back. If only I hadn’t come, but it was the only place left to