NOTE: This is a free novella given away for newsletter subscribers. Red Orchid was inspired by Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault. It was originally intended as a stand-alone story, but it morphed into a prologue for book three of The Firethorn Chronicles (due out in late 2017). The events take place approximately one year before The Firethorn Crown (The Firethorn Chronicles, book one). You will see these characters again, and their fates will be revealed.