Snow White A Tale Of Terror Official

Claudia had not married for love or land. She had married for hearts —specifically, the hearts of maidens. She had made a pact with something old and hungry that lived in the roots of the manor. In exchange for the life-essence of young women (harvested through a ritual that involved the bone brush, the obsidian mirror, and a silver needle), Claudia would remain untouched by age.

The mirror shattered.

Logline: After her father’s brutal death in the Crusades, a young noblewoman, Lilia, discovers that her beautiful new stepmother is not just a vain sorceress, but a creature who sustains her youth by harvesting the innocence of young maidens—and Lilia’s heart is the only one that can break the curse. Snow White A Tale Of Terror

Lilia understood. The mirror could see innocence. It could track purity. But it could not see what Lilia was about to become. Claudia had not married for love or land

Through the kitchen, past the sleeping hounds (who did not wake—their water bowls had been laced with poppy milk), out the garden door, and into the forest. The trees swallowed her. Branches clawed her face. Her lungs burned. In exchange for the life-essence of young women

“You were always too curious,” the stepmother said, descending the stone steps with a candle in one hand and the bone brush in the other. Her shadow stretched behind her like a cloak of teeth. “I told your father to beat it out of you. But he was soft. They are all soft.”

Gregor nodded. “And now?”