“The war ended. The silence didn’t.”

Dread Lutwidge, a washed-up soldier in a dying city, spends his nights scavenging ruins and reading books by candlelight. One night, he opens Alice in Wonderland — and the story opens back.

He falls into a realm where fairy tales breathe, bleed, and remember every sin ever written. Here, the Wolf still hunts, the Queen still kills, and the stories themselves decide who lives long enough to reach “happily ever after.”

Dread isn’t a hero. He’s an intruder. And in Wonderland, that makes him prey.

Chapter 3 - Chapter III: How to Avoid Being the Wolf’s Dinner.