Cinderella Dressed in Ashes

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The Children of Hamlin didn’t care for the woman in the luxurious black veil.

She claimed that Charmwill Glimmer sent her to tell them a crucially important story, one that would expose a great secret about the evil in the Fairyworld.

Still, the children didn’t like that most of her face was concealed. They could only see her distant blue eyes and long eyelashes, and the silken white gloves she wore.

“Where is Charmwill?” the lisping girl asked suspiciously. “Why can’t he tell us the story himthelf?”

“Charmwill is on a faraway quest,” the woman said. “It might take him years before he comes back.”

“That explains why he didn’t appear last Christmas,” a boy supposed. “Santa Claus was worried about him.”

Another boy suggested Charmwill was fighting the evil entities that wanted to steal the Book of Beautiful Lies.

“No, that’s not why he’s away,” a girl with gaping front teeth interrupted. “He’s with The Boy Who was a Shadow, right?”

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