When Ravenna married your father, you had a bad feeling about it—and you were right, of course, for she murdered your father and locked you away in a tower for eighteen years. When you finally managed to escape, you got lost in the Forbidden Forest, unaware that your stepmother had sent a huntsman to kill you and bring her your heart. You were sitting by a large log—barefoot, hungry, and freezing—when you heard footsteps: heavy, wet, and loud. You huddled into yourself as tightly as you could as a massive shadow blotted out the sun above you. Looking up, you saw a man twice your size; he was clad in leather, covered in grime, and wore a sword at his belt.