Escaping Wonderland Art 10

Here is the tenth illustration from Escaping Wonderland featuring Shadow and Alice in chapter 14. Alice didn't like seeing Shadow troubled, so she decided to play with him by...catching the cat by his tail.

Art by Donovan Boom

The black and white version is included in the hardcover.

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Scene Snippet:

Alice didn’t bother asking where they were going or how long it would take to get there. Like Shadow had told her, he always wound up in the places he intended to go; she had confidence in that now.

Shadow maintained an easy stride, setting a pace Alice could keep up with without overexerting herself, and occasionally hummed as he walked. The tunes ranged from joyful and carefree to ominous and gloomy; Shadow himself seemed not to notice the extreme changes in his tone, though Alice sometimes caught glimpses of a worried glint in his eyes that suggested he was not as calm as he otherwise seemed.

She didn’t like seeing him so troubled. When she’d first met him, it seemed nothing could’ve shaken him, and to see him like this now…

She needed to ease his trouble, if only for a little while. Needed to distract him.

Alice edged closer to Shadow and slowed her pace just enough to fall into step behind him. Her eyes fell to his tail, which swayed back and forth restlessly. She grabbed it and gave it a tug.

Shadow jumped and snapped his head to the side to look at her over his shoulder.

Alice grinned and tugged his tail again. “I caught you by your tail.”

His ears perked up, and the corner of his mouth twitched in a smile. “That’s not fair.”

“Why isn’t it fair?”

He turned his head away, tilted his chin up, and huffed. “I wasn’t told we were playing a game.”

Alice chuckled, bringing his tail up to her cheek and nuzzling it. “That doesn’t change the fact that I caught you.”

Shadow pulled on his tail, but not hard enough to free it from her grasp. “Only because I let you.”

“How about we play another game?”

Alice’s fingers—which had been firmly around Shadow’s tail—suddenly closed on empty air; Shadow was gone. An instant later, his hands settled on her hips from behind, and he drew her backside against his thighs.

“What sort of game, sweet Alice?” he asked huskily, his mouth so very close to her ear.

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