Anathema (The Eating Woods)

Anathema (The Eating Woods)

Author: Keri Lake Listening Length: 20h 13m

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 59

CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE

ZEVANDER

I n the darkness, Zevander lay staring at Maevyth. Her quiet snores confirmed she’d fallen asleep, and with her back to him, he ran his fingertips over her long, soft curls. His mind spun back to earlier, when she’d lay spread out before him, trembling and needy. Perfect. He could still hear the echo of her moans in his head. A sound that called to his instincts to claim her.

His gaze fell to the small of her back, where he’d seen the faint scars of a whipping. He’d refused to examine them too closely, because, by the gods, he’d have torn through the folds of time to punish whoever had laid hands on her. Instead, he made a silent vow that he’d viciously strike down anything that touched her from that day forward.