Chapter Forty Five

Maleficent chuckled,

‘You are either a very brave or very stupid child but I like your feistiness’

Ella held her breath as the evil Witch spread out her arms looking for all the world like a huge black crow,

‘I, Maleficent, Queen of the Darkness do hereby give notice that the lives of the half-blood Brothers, Ansitif and Phillipe, and the Mother of Cinderella, the Moon Goddess, are all given back to them. No harm shall come to them’

She turned her black eyes on Ella,

‘Now give me what I want’

She demanded panting, her body trembling at the thought of crushing the beautiful Princess and taking her power. Ella walked forward completely unafraid and knelt before the evil Queen,

‘I give you my life freely Maleficent to honor and protect those I love’

She bowed her golden head as the Queen raised her hand,

‘At last, it is all mine’

She lifted the golden sword high into the air and watched the light dance across the blade and the jewels sparkle as the moonlight caught them. Aiming she broug