This is the Origins story of Cinder, the main character of Rose & Glass, a full length novel published with Isekai Publishing in early 2024.
 
Cinder once was stripped of his name and identity, before he was old enough to understand them. Kicked, beaten and nearly starved, Cinder is just another subservient orphan to be tossed aside. His step-mother has stolen everything from him, while he only knows poverty. But, he has a secret. The malevolent presence deep inside his head, wants out. And when that happens, terrible violence explodes, to destroy everything in its path. When the presence leaves him abandoned, he is chased by royal guard, plunged into the realm of the fae worlds. Farther than any human dared go. Murky waters transcend, leaving the orphan in a precarious power struggle that predates his birth. The Prince of Roses is coming, and Cinder will have no recourse. Now, it’s all a matter of time.