Once Upon a Dark October

Once Upon a Dark October

Author: Jessie Thomas Listening Length: 15h 12m
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All curses made in blood must be broken with blood. Dreadmist Harbor sleeps under a near-perpetual veil of coastal fog, home to mortals, vampires, and those somewhere in between. Already down-on-her-luck, mortal charwoman Elspeth finds herself the target of a rogue vampire, shattering the peaceful coexistence. Forced t...

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B efore I knew it, I’d been with the coven for an entire week.

It was then that I’d been allowed to leave Morrigan’s bedchamber—and her attentive, sometimes anxious care—to explore my new home and get my bearings in this unfamiliar place. It seemed that they trusted me if they let me wander. And I was more sure of myself now, less fatigued, ready to put my new vampiric senses to the test.

No matter where I was, I could hear the beating of Morrigan’s heart, a susurration ebbing and flowing as the sea that broke upon the rocky cliffs. And if I quieted myself, I could make out Gwen’s and Josephine’s. It had to be part of the magic I’d inherited through blood, but I wasn’t yet skilled enough to tell my new coven-mates apart from their pulses alone.