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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Chapter Twenty-Seven

“ A nd did you accept her offer?”

Morrigan’s question rebounded off the coastal rock shining with seawater while we descended to the crypt. I’d been recounting the entire day’s events to her and Josephine as we’d made our journey from the laboratory tower. Sonia had sent me home at a reasonable hour after I’d cleaned the gore and blood from her dining room. My dress still bore the darkened stains. Every now and then I’d catch the scent of them, faint and fading, but carried all this way home with me.

I could not wait for Morrigan to drag them out. Part of me wished she could banish the memories, too.