Banished beyond the dreaded Witch Knell, Maevyth Bronwick stumbles into a cursed realm—and into an immortal assassin sworn to keep her hidden…or kill her.With her blood tied to a sleeping evil and his to a dark prophecy, their fates are bound by secrets, temptation, and a love that could doom them both. From New York Times bestselling author Keri Lake comes a spellbinding gothic dark fantasy.Only the banished know what lies beyond the woods...There are whispers about what lurks in Witch Knell—the forest where sinners go to die. The villagers call it The Eating Woods because what's taken is never given back. Only those who've lost their senses would dare to go near it.Or the banished.Maevyth Bronwick knows better than to breach the misty labyrinth of trees, but a tragic turn of events compels her beyond the archway of bones, to a boundary no mortal has crossed before. One that cloaks a dark and fantastical world that's as dangerous as it is alluring.It's there that he dwells, the cursed