Locked away in her tower, Sleeping Beauty discovers that pain and pleasure are entwined when she pricks herself on the thorns of a rose in this dreamy, extremely erotic, femme/dom adult fairytale. But it's Rose's mysterious nightly visitor, a woman all in black, with shimmering, scaled skin, who teachers her the true meaning of submission. This 4,400 word short story is the first of 6 deliriously dark, dangerous, and sexy re-imagining of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale.