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 51

CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE

MAEVYTH

R ykaia clipped the silver chain to my neck, letting the cold metal rest against my spine where it reached to the center of my back. “Dear gods, Maeve. You better pray my brother doesn’t see you …. This ….” She lifted the scorpion charm and let it fall against my back again, reminding me of its presence. “Well, I’ll just apologize now for any indecency on his part.”

I stared at myself in her mirror, the black roses etched in gorgeous, silk jacquard, the bodice cinched at the waist. Off-the-shoulder sleeves elegantly framed my collarbone and shoulders, cut low enough that the whole of my back was left exposed. “You’re sure this isn’t too much? I feel like I’m hardly dressed.”