With his daughters disappearing every night, the King of Edormisco issues an edict: the man who can discover their destination can choose a wife from amongst his twelve daughters. Only…any man who fails will lose his head.

When Silvanus is visited by a fairy who offers her help, victory seems guaranteed, except he finds the dozen sisters far more of an adversary than he expected.

This story has been previously published in From the Stories of Old, JL Anthology Vol. 4.