Homeless girl, Rosalie, is found on the cold streets of Crausley Sands with nothing but the clothes on her back and a black obsidian stone key around her neck, having no memory of who gave it to her.
When Rosalie is taken in by none other than Prince Darick Quentin, she learns of the sudden and mysterious disappearance of his cook, Jared Cutler. Is the strange mirror belonging to Darick's newly betrothed wife, Francine, somehow responsible?
The answers she is searching for may lie in the key she possesses. Or the truth may just be hidden in the key waiting to be found, in the abandoned hamlet of Grangston Green, and in the Raven who stalks her every move.
Once Rosalie remembers where she comes from, the fate of Crausley Sands rests on her shoulders. If she fails, in twenty days' time, during the Prince's coronation to become King, the spirits of the lost witches will rise to avenge their deaths. To end the Quentin bloodline once and for all.
ONC 2025 entry
Prompts 55, 110, 114