In the shadow of a forgotten kingdom, there lives a woman whose kindness knows no bounds, but whose heart is hollowed by the weight of her own sacrifice. Lawanda, was born with the rare gift of giving—her hands offered solace, her words healed, her love endless. Yet, the world she serves is a cold and ungrateful place, where those she helps take and take without ever offering anything in return.

Her family, once warm and full of promise, has turned into a cage of demand. A cruel mother, bitter and resentful, sees Lawanda, as nothing more than a servant, a tool to fulfill her own selfish desires. Her [grown] daughters, who wear the mask of innocence, strip her of every ounce of joy, forcing her to bow to their whims with no thought to her own well-being. They fed on her kindness, draining her spirit until she is nothing but a shadow of the woman she once was.

Each day, she is asked to sacrifice more—to smile through the pain. Each day, she gives and gives, until there is nothing left for herself. The promises of love and comfort she once dreamed of felt like a cruel joke, lost to a life of unrelenting servitude. Her dreams are buried beneath the weight of exhaustion, and the spark of hope she once carried in her heart flickers like a dying ember.

In the darkness of her quiet solitude, Lawanda, begins to wonder if she will ever escape the suffocating grip of her own kindness. Will she ever find a place where her love is returned? Or will she remain trapped, forever giving to those who only take, destined to fade into nothingness, forgotten by all but the shadows that follow her every step?

A Cinderella tale reimagined—dark, haunting, and painfully real—of a woman who learned too late that sometimes, the greatest gift you can give is learning to stop giving to those who would never love you in return.