At the edge of Ashwood Forest, just beyond where the fireflies thinned and the brambles crept like eager fingers, there stood a ring of scorched stones. The Ashwood Circle. To…
They told Eleanor never to touch the door at the end of the east wing. The old estate was riddled with peculiarities — creaky floors that moaned in winter, fireplaces…
The first thing Mira noticed when she stepped off the battered ferry was the smell.Not the usual briny breath of the ocean, but something rancid — salt and rot, woven…