Don't Look Into the Abyss (A Retelling of Cinderella)

Redwood seems like an ordinary town - decadent, peaceful, full of Victorian mansions and dense forests. But behind the facades, its residents live under an ancient pact:

Every 10 years, a young woman must be given as a "bride" to the Immortal Prince, a being who lives in the mist of the forest, hidden between realities. A being who never ages, who cannot be killed, and who always returns to collect what is owed to him.

The pact keeps the town alive. Without the offering, Redwood rots: crops die, diseases return, fires appear out of nowhere.

The "chosen one" of each generation must be beautiful, fertile and marked by the ancient blood of the Cinder lineage - a lineage that, centuries ago, betrayed the prince and sealed the fate of the entire town.