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 TWENTY-FOUR

MAEVYTH

T here were stages of trauma, as I’d come to learn, and I’d moved beyond anger to a feeling of utter hopelessness.

A bitter cold clenched my muscles, as I lay trembling on the bed in one of the rooms Mr. Moros had assigned to me. Lingering ripples of shock kept my body in a constant state of tension, and every time my mind wound back to visions of Aleysia getting dragged away, fresh panic bloomed in my chest. I taunted myself into imagining what they’d do to her. The fear and uncertainty she must’ve felt, facing those terrifying men alone, as they scrutinized and passed judgment on her. At the very least, I’d have held her hand through it all. Let her know that she was not alone.