She defeated the Dark Witch, saving the Haven Witches from imprisonment and death. She found love and a place to belong.
She was wrong.
Haven is not the sanctuary it appears to be. Even love is in danger of slipping away like water through cupped hands.
Some things can't be saved.
A new threat merges with the old as the Witches’ dark history begins to catch up with them. Only Brusenna knows the extent of the danger and how to stop it, though doing so might cost her everything.
Including her life.
Will Brusenna be required to make the ultimate sacrifice?
First page:
1. Shadows
The night was so
deep the shadows seemed to bleed darkness. Senna glanced toward the hidden sky,
searching for the moon that would not come. Not tonight. Even the strongest
starlight was strangled by the dense canopy of trees. The temporary blindness
was frightening, but it ensured no one would notice her slipping away.
With each step she
took, the roar of the waterfall grew louder. Finally, she reached the staircase
carved into the side of the cliff. Mindful of the slippery steps, she climbed
upward until her muscles burned and sweat broke across her skin despite the chill.
When she’d crested
the top and crossed the bleak expanse, she glanced at the frothing sea far
below. Sea spray misted her skin. She faced westward, towards the distant land
of Tarten. Closing her eyes, she cast her senses across the vast ocean, searching
and feeling the faraway echoes of the Four Sisters—Earth, Water, Plants, and
Sunlight. She concentrated until she could hear their pain, an aching melody.
Senna’s tears
started again, wetting the salty tracks already on her cheeks. At night, her
dreams haunted her. Dreams of a withered land and a dying people. With all the
strength she had, she sang.
Let not the curse of Witches
Destroy a land of natural riches.
Plants, preserve life in thy roots,
Seeds sleep in earth, send forth no shoots
Until the Witches shall disperse
This terrible and unjust curse.
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ISBN: 0985739401 (ISBN13: 9780985739409)
