The Princess of the Sleeping Woods

When Prince Phillip kissed Aurora, history says she awoke. But the royal physician’s logs tell another version: her eyes opened, yes—but they were black as ink. She spoke with voices that weren’t hers. The court burned her bed, destroyed the spindle, and declared the story “happily ever after.” Yet, travelers near the ruins swear they see a woman wandering with a spindle in her hand, murmuring, “I can’t wake up.”