Ash

After her father dies, Ash’s life narrows to her stepmother’s demands and the stories that once made the world feel less lonely. Fairy tales offer an escape, and the mysterious Sidhean seems capable of making that escape real. Then Ash meets Kaisa, the King’s Huntress, whose company draws her back toward a life she had begun to abandon. Learning to hunt becomes something more than a distraction: it gives Ash room to imagine love, freedom and a future of her own. But her connection to Sidhean carries obligations. In this sapphic reworking of Cinderella, choosing what she wants means confronting the difference between disappearing from her life and finding a way to live it.