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 45

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

MAEVYTH

F reshly bathed, I grabbed the warm mug of tea that Magdah had brought to my room–an herbal concoction she’d wanted me to try after I’d told her of my trouble sleeping. Mug in hand, I padded toward the thick, mahogany door adorned with dragon carvings and ornate hinges, which led out onto a stone balcony that arced outward from the castle. Crisp air had me wrapping myself tighter in the heavy robe I’d found in my armoire. Made of black velvet, with intricately embroidered deep crimson roses and black fur trim, I trusted it to keep me warm.

Flickering torches that seemed to light up on their own casted shadows over the balustrade. I peered over the edge, below which I found gargoyles and grotesques perched on jutting ledges, and beyond those was the dizzying height to the ground beneath, barely visible through the thick fog. The two moons shone high above, their crescent shapes inverted across from one another, and illuminated the dark silhouettes of the distant mountains. I wondered what Aleysia was doing right then, assuming the vision I’d had was true, and she was still alive. I had to believe so, because believing anything else would’ve destroyed me.