Evening was drawing near. An eerie silence hung in every direction. Along a narrow village path, a boy was walking.

​"When the palace lights fade, only the darkness of the alleys remains..." ​This is no longer the fairy tale of a glass slipper and midnight wishes. In this reimagining, the dream has turned into a living nightmare. After being exiled by her stepmother, the dark sorceress Termaine, Cinderella finds herself a fugitive in the shadow of a decaying kingdom. Termaine didn't just steal her throne; she shattered her spirit by spreading lies of her death and convincing her that her beloved father, King Charlie, had died of a broken heart. ​As Termaine tightens her grip on the kingdom with black magic-turning palaces into haunts for crows and choking the breath out of those who dare to resist-Cinderella lives among the street orphans, battling hunger, bitter cold, and the cruelty of the underworld. ​But when death claims the innocent soul of a child in her arms, and she falls into the clutches of the ruthless slave traders, Shandel and Sharbel, the broken girl dies, and a warrior is born. ​In a perilous journey toward the Southern Kingdom: ​Can Cinderella transform her grief into a weapon of vengeance? ​Will Prince Eilan find her before she disappears forever behind the bars of slavery? ​Is love enough to face a demonic power that knows no mercy? ​"Cinderella is no longer waiting for a Prince... she is learning how to burn the darkness down."

It was not fully morning yet. The air was moist, the sky a pale blue. Everything around was calm.

A collection of poems that resurrect the voices of the gods, mortals and monsters from Greek mythology

The laws given by God establish peace in society.