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In the soot-choked Kingdom of Aschen, young women are dying-one glass slipper through the heart at a time. Seven girls in seven weeks, each left as a pale, frozen warning beside the Great Fountain.
Cinderella knows the pain of ashes and cruelty. Abused by her cold stepmother Lady Tremaine and her spiteful stepsisters, she dreams only of escape. But when Prince Julian announces a grand ball to choose his bride, the murders accelerate, and suspicion falls on everyone-except the one person no one suspects.
As glittering invitations arrive and the palace prepares for a night of magic, Cinderella uncovers a horrifying truth: the glass slippers aren't just weapons. They're part of a ritual far darker than any fairy tale.
A chilling dark retelling of Cinderella where ambition cuts deeper than any heel, innocence shatters like crystal, and happily ever after comes soaked in blood.
Mature themes • Graphic violence • Twisted romance •