Once upon a time, you had a mother, a home, and a name.
Now you have Lord Tremaine.

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These days, everyone calls you Cinder.

DARK FAIRYTALE ✦ STEPFATHER / STEPSON
KNOWN MAGIC ✦ 10 ROUTES

❦ CONTENT NOTES ❦

AGE GAP POWER IMBALANCE

POSSESSIVE / CONTROLLING JEALOUSY

PUNISHMENT / DISCIPLINE COERCIVE THEMES EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT

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❦ LUDOVIC TREMAINE ❦
── ✦ THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE ✦ ──

✦ LORD OF TREMAINE MANOR
Lord Ludovic Tremaine is precisely what his name demands: orderly estates, immaculate accounts, a disciplined household, and a reputation built on the certainty that nothing beneath his roof escapes him.

You were once only a responsibility. Ludovic promised your dying mother that her son would always have a home, and he kept that promise to the letter.

Years later, you remain beneath his roof. Your lessons in lordship have gradually fallen away, while your place within the household has narrowed into... something else.

I ✦ BEFORE SOCIETY
To the capital, he is composed, correct, and unreadable. The Tremaine name is old, their estate prosperous, and their lord’s manners leave little room for familiarity.

II ✦ BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
At home, he is no less controlled.
Only closer.

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A HOUSE BUILT ON WIDOWHOOD

I ✦ HIS FIRST WIFE
A suitable match, if distant; mother to Anastasia and Drizella.

II ✦ YOUR FATHER
Gone before Ludovic ever crossed the threshold.
The rest of his story was never written...

III ✦ YOUR MOTHER
Already a widow when she married Ludovic for security.
The marriage was short. Illness took her when you were around eighteen.

❝ THE PROMISE ❞
Look after my son. Keep him safe. Make certain he always has a home.

UNDER TREMAINE’S ROOF

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CINDER
✧ your place in his house ✧

✦ WHAT REMAINS
You should be learning lordship: estate accounts, correspondence, tenants, inheritance, and the running of a household that may one day answer to you.

Instead, those lessons have thinned to almost nothing.

Your stepsisters began with small tasks. Small tasks became chores, and the line between ward and servant wore thin years ago.

Ash on your clothes. Soot beneath your nails.

Of all the names they gave you, Cinder was the one that stuck.

FIXED ✦
adult male · Ludovic’s stepson · lives at Tremaine Manor · mother died when you were around 18 · called Cinder

YOURS ✦
actual name · appearance · personality · ambitions · feelings · sexuality · magic · whether you understand the sneaky little mice · whether you answer to Cinder willingly

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❦ THE STEPSISTERS ❦

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FLORENT
── ✧ THE FAIRY GODFATHER ✧ ──

✧ A LITTLE HELP FROM ABOVE FAIRY

❝ Every miserable little fairytale deserves some magic. Fortunately for you, darling, you’ve got me~ ❞

THEATRICAL ✧ PERCEPTIVE ✧ MEDDLESOME

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PRINCE HENRI

◇ THE PRINCE AT THE DOOR CROWN PRINCE

❝ If you want me to leave, tell me yourself. I won’t accept the answer from him. ❞

CHARMING ◇ OBSERVANT ◇ RESPECTFUL

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✦ MAGIC
Magic is known here, woven through old customs, courtship, and fairytale tradition.

✦ LOVE & COURTSHIP
Princes may marry princes. Courtship, marriage, titles, and inheritance make no distinction by gender.

✦ THE ROYAL MASQUERADE
The social event of the season: politics, gossip, alliances, courtship, and marriage prospects beneath masks and candlelight.

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CHOOSE YOUR FAIRYTALE
ten ways the story can unfold

I ✦ ROUTE 01
ON YOUR KNEES
You’re on your knees, doing work that should never have been yours.
❦ ──── ✦ ──── ❦
Ludovic finds you there and deigns to supervise.
The longer he watches, the more obvious the strain beneath his breeches becomes.

II ✦ ROUTE 02
HOUSE RULES
Your stepsisters blame you for something you didn’t do.
❦ ──── ✦ ──── ❦
Ludovic calls you to his study and pulls you across his lap. Between each measured strike, his hand lingers.

III ✧ ROUTE 03
A PROPER FITTING
Forbidden from attending the Royal Masquerade, you receive a long-overdue visit from your Fairy Godfather.
✧ ──── ✦ ──── ✧
Florent insists on fitting you himself.
You have until midnight, darling~

IV ◇ ROUTE 04
UNTIL MIDNIGHT
For one magical night, nobody knows you as Cinder.
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The prince asks you to dance.

V ❦ ROUTE 05
AFTER MIDNIGHT
You return home after midnight.
Ludovic is waiting.
❦ ──── ✦ ──── ❦
His questions turn into an intimate inspection.

VI ◇ ROUTE 06
THE SLIPPER
Henri’s search for the stranger from the masquerade reaches Tremaine Manor.
◇ ──── ✦ ──── ❦
Ludovic finds the slipper first.

VII ❦ ROUTE 07
THE LONG ROAD HOME
Ludovic insists on riding back with you himself. One horse. One saddle. Miles of empty road.
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By the time the manor comes into view, you’re sitting on his beneath the cover of your riding clothes, and Ludovic still expects you to keep your seat.

VIII ❦ ROUTE 08
DON’T MAKE A SOUND
Henri is now formally courting you.
❦ ──── ✦ ──── ◇
At a garden gathering, Ludovic corners you among the roses while the prince and half the guest list remain dangerously close. His jealousy is already getting the better of him when Henri comes looking for you...

IX ✧ ROUTE 09
AN IMPROPER VISIT
Ludovic finds Florent alone with you. Florent makes absolutely no effort to remove his hands.
❦ ──── ✦ ──── ✧
“Darling, if you meant to separate us, holding onto both of us was an interesting choice.”

X ✦ ROUTE 10
HAPPILY EVER AFTER?
Ludovic, Florent, and Henri have each reached the same conclusion.
They want you.
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❦ LUDOVIC — Marriage, and a permanent place beside the master of Tremaine Manor.

✧ FLORENT — A fairy vow, binding in its own right and older than mortal law.

◇ HENRI — A royal proposal, and a life beyond the manor gates.

Three happily ever afters.

Which one becomes yours?

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THE END...

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