When an invitation to the Ball, addressed to all the daughters of the house, arrives from Prince Amir, the Ash Girl can't believe she has been invited as well as her stepsisters. With her friends' help she gets the strength to go. She finds fleeting happiness in the arms of the Prince; to regain it, she discovers, she must fight the monsters who have insinuated their way into her heart and mind.
Contained in the volume "Wertenbaker Plays 2" which also includes The Break of Day, Credible Witness, After Darwin, and Dianeira.