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-FIVE

MAEVYTH

D usk had fallen, the dark blue sky lit by the many torches that flickered around the entrance of The Eating Woods. Tears slipped down my cheeks as I stood beside Moros, my mind spinning out a desperate plan for my and Aleysia’s escape.

Even if we’d be hunted, it was better than what either of us faced otherwise. We could flee to the mountains. As far as Romisir in the north. Anywhere but here. Through a mess of red robes, four village men brought my sister before the archway, and on a breath of pure rage, I looked away from her. Stripped of all her clothes, she stood naked before the parish, her body bruised with beatings, her long blonde locks shorn away.