Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1)

by Keri Lake

The very thought of her wandering those woods at night had my muscles bound in knots. My circumstances were no better, though. Moros had also proven to be just as much a monster as whatever dwelled in those woods.

Ya just go with her girl lol

She stopped rocking in the chair. Eyes still fixed away from me, she pushed to her feet and padded slowly toward the bed, until standing at the foot of it. “Witch,” she rasped. “Witch. Witch. Witch.”

Im scared

“Yes. We are quite vicious to our younger selves, aren’t we?” Dolion’s question echoed my own guilt, and I stood pondering how many times I’d blamed myself for something I was too young to understand.

Awe 🥺

She was beautiful. No, beautiful was too weak a word. She was intoxicating. Exquisitely divine.

Most people assume that I enjoy sleeping all the time. They never consider that I don’t enjoy being sad.”

“I can’t fucking breathe. I ache for you, Maevyth. Believe me when I say this.”

“Forgive you?” Tears wobbled in my eyes. “I’m the one who touched you without asking.” “And I am yours to touch, Maevyth. I crave your touch more than my next breath.”

Top tier mmc (and FMC) behavior

“I’ll never know what in seven hells inspired the universe to send you to me, Maevyth.” “Some might call it a punishment,” I said, smiling. “If this is punishment, then I welcome an eternity of suffering.”