Anathema (The Eating Woods)

Anathema (The Eating Woods)

Author: Keri Lake Listening Length: 20h 13m
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From the author of Nocticadia comes a spellbinding gothic dark fantasy about a shunned woman who is forced beyond the mortal realms forbidden boundary, into a terrifying world of cursed souls and grotesque creatures. Only the banished know what lies beyond the woods There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—t...

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CHAPTER TWO

MAEVYTH

F rigid breaths of remorse stuttered out of me in white puffs, and I loosened my grip to find the bird no longer stirred at my side. It’d gone cold and stiff already.

After a quick glance around, I wiped away my tears and gathered it up, cradling it in my arm, as I hustled toward the edge of the wood. Beneath a winterberry bush, I found a flat rock and scraped a modest hole in the dirt there. The bite of early winter air thickened my hands, numbing them as I hurried to finish the task. Once I’d dug deep enough, I laid the bird inside and buried it. The toxic berries would keep the critters away, but for good measure, I plucked a few, sprinkling them over the inelegant grave.