It seems the infection is spreading to Hansel and gretel. Like virus that will continue to spread with nothing to stop it in slight. It seems their father had remorse and went back to get the twins. He divorced his wife as she was cruel to his children but things was bad as the great famine can.
They were quickly running out of food sadly and their father soon would have to resort to something. He made his twins promise to sadly eat him if he passes as he was quite sickly at the time. Soon he would meet a witch the kids were 17 that would grow to love them as her own. She promised him she would take them to her house if he were to pass. It wasn't a week later he passed away due to his illness. They were out of food and they had to do the unthinkable to eat him. The witch on the other hand noticed the twins were good at magic.
She smiled, took them in as her and taught them all she knew. Gretel was good at white magic and Hansel black magic. She taught them the best they could and they were well fed as they moved into her house in the woods. They asked about her past and she said her name was Rose white. Daughter of Snow White and she ran from her mother knowing the truth and her brother took the throne.
The twins hugged their new step mother, saddened for her but never wanting to meet their grandmother for safety reasons. They lived happily ever after.
“ The infection will keep spreading Alice only you can stop it” Kai scared reading the books.