When the Wards Broke
A witch alone in a cursed house should know better than to answer voices in the dark.
Hidden deep within the Blackwood forest, Eleanor lives behind ancient wards with her feared husband—a dangerously powerful man whispered about in frightened prayers and old legends. Though ruthless to the world, he has only ever been gentle with her.
Before leaving on one of his mysterious journeys, he gives her a single warning:
Do not open the door after sundown.
But when Eleanor hears her dead mother crying outside in the storm, she breaks the wards protecting their home—and invites something ancient inside.
Now the house groans with restless spirits, shadows move without light, and something inhuman stalks the halls at night whispering her name. As the darkness tightens around her throat, Eleanor realizes the creatures hunting her are not the most terrifying thing in Blackwood.
Because her husband is coming home.
And the man who would burn kingdoms for his wife has discovered something touched what belongs to him.