Hecate is just your average seventeen year old girl. She likes music, makeup, arguing, and casting spells. She lives with her community in the Old Forest, away from humanity and their cruelty, happily with her friends and family, honing her magic and skills. However, when mother arranges her to marry the Leaders son, Hecate refuses. The man is cruel, ten years older than her and believes women to be inferior. He believes in a firm hand for his wife. So Hecate runs. She runs far and she runs fast away from everything she's ever known. ------- Cover art is AI