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Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is  \ncoincidental.  \nCopyright © 2023 by Hannah Nicole Maehrer. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce, distribute, or transmit in any form or by any means. For information regarding subsidiary rights, please contact the  \nPublisher.  \nEntangled Publishing, LLC  \n644 Shrewsbury Commons Ave., STE 181 Shrewsbury, PA 17361  \n[rights@entangledpublishing.com](rights@entangledpublishing.com)  \nRed Tower Books is an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC.  \nVisit our website [at](at www.entangledpublishing.com)[ ](at www.entangledpublishing.com)[www.entangledpublishing.com](at www.entangledpublishing.com).  \nEdited by Liz Pelletier Cover art and design by Elizabeth Turner Stokes Interior map art by Elizabeth Turner Stokes Interior design by Toni Kerr  \nTP ISBN 9-781-64937-580-3 Ebook ISBN 9-781-64937-552-0  \nPrinted in the United States of America First Edition August 2023 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nAt Entangled, we want our readers to be well-informed. If you would like to know if this book contains any elements that might be of concern for you, please check the book’s webpage.  \n[https://entangledpublishing.com/books/assistant-to-the-villain](https://entangledpublishing.com/books/assistant-to-the-villain)  \nTo Mom and Dad,  \nfor the hours of my childhood you spent telling me stories and the years you spent listening to mine, know that yours will always be my favorite.  \nAnd for all of you,  \nthis is what I think it would be like to be the morally gray fantasy villain’s personal assistant.  \nPrologue  \nOnce Upon a Time…  \nIt was an ordinary day when Evie met The Villain.  \nAnother failed attempt at the job fairs in her village. Another day with no source of income. Another day she was letting her sick father and little sister down. Which was why her mind was preoccupied as she wandered to the trees lined like fences at Hickory Forest’s edge—and walked right in.  \nThe forest had once been frequently populated but was now the very last place anyone with common sense would choose to wander. Especially alone. Well, unless your name was Evangelina Sage and a forbidden forest seemed far more inviting than going home and admitting to your family that you’d finally found a job…and given it away.  \nEvie sighed, reaching out to let her fingers drift across the scratchy bark of several nearby trees as she wandered past. The forest really was quite beautiful.  \nThe Kingdom of Rennedawn was one of the more modest of the enchanted kingdoms, and avoiding Hickory Forest when it took up so much of its land was a challenge. Still, its citizens had managed it well enough so far.  \nIt had remained that way since a dark figure known as The Villain’s emergence nearly ten years ago. There were too many rumors of him hiding out near the forest’s edge to steal victims to torture. Evie knew little about the evil figure, b","cbCaipDRikEgCVGx","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipDRikEgCVGx","pdf",2078740,389,"English","# Prologue","[{\"question\":\"Who is the protagonist in the Prologue?\",\"answer\":\"The protagonist is Evie, a young woman struggling with unemployment and family responsibilities.\"},{\"question\":\"What motivates Evie to enter Hickory Forest?\",\"answer\":\"Evie enters the forest to escape her failing job attempts and the pressure of letting her sick father and little sister down.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the Prologue reveal about The Villain?\",\"answer\":\"The Prologue presents rumors about The Villain, including his alleged presence near the forest and stories of fearsome acts in the kingdom.\"}]","assistant-to-the-villain-by-hannah-nicole-maehrer - Prologue | PDF",1792218724,599]