After the mysterious death of her father the king, Ash Black finds herself facing a growing evil amidst her hasty coronation. Whispered rumors of treason become a grim reality when her stepmother accuses her of wielding black magic and murdering the king, and announces that her own daughter, Snow White, will rise to the throne instead. Her title stripped, wolf familiar torn from her side, and childhood love betrothed to her hateful half-sister, Ash Black awaits her trial in the forgotten depths of her castle. There, in a place so devoid of warmth, love, and light, Ash Black learns her communion with the night and the creatures who hide within are not just delusion, but a deep, powerful magic that has ruled the land for centuries. With the help of a soul trapped in a mirror, a clever jumping spider, and seven wolf spirits, Ash Black races against time to awaken the magic within herself, bending darkness, blood, and bone to her will to destroy a light-ridden lie squeezing the balance and freedom from her kingdom. Yet as her lover, family, magic, and kingdom hang in the balance, Ash Black quickly finds no happy endings are won without immense sacrifice.