All Hallows Eve and River Witch

All Hallows Eve – or Halloween – features in two critical events in the story of River Witch. Both involve Aaron, wise man and mentor to Hester, teaching her the ways of herbal healing – and more.
In this extract, Aaron battles with himself, and the ghost of his first love, Marianne, over how he can best save Hester from the same fate Marianne suffered.

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If autumn is never good to Aaron, All Hallows Eve is the worst of all nights. He has determined to stay indoors, to comp...