The castle deep within the forest was merely a fairy tale—a story parents now used to scare their children away from venturing too far into the shadows, but you knew better.

Over time, the villagers seemed to have forgotten about it—about the lost prince, who was said to be cursed and yet, here you were stumbling through the snow in hopes to find him.

All hope was lost—wolves circling you eagerly, until you heard a growl from the shadows and it didn't belong to a wolf.