- Katherina Mills has always lived between two worlds-the ordinary town that raised her and the dangerous legacy that runs in her blood. As the daughter of the Evil Queen, she was taught to be strong before she was ever allowed to be soft. But on the night her magic finally awakens, everything she loves is ripped away, and her heart is pulled into a destiny she never chose. Drawn into a world of shadows and starlit promises, Katherina begins to discover that even in places built from darkness, something gentle can still exist. As grief reshapes her and magic rewrites her future, she finds herself standing at the edge of something fragile and powerful-where fear and wonder blur, and where love begins not as a promise, but as a quiet possibility. This is a story about growing up in the aftermath of loss, learning to believe in light again, and finding connection in a world that was never meant to be kind.