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by Christy Mannering (Author)
In Fern Glade, words don't just matter. They bind.
Winter closes in on the threshold-town of Fern Glade as its wards begin to fail. Charms unravel. Protections slip. Even the air feels like it is listening for something you did not mean to say.
Kiera Allison, an eighteen-year-old witch with both light and shadow in her blood, has vanished into the Shadow Realm. Hollow Root does not need chains or blades. It offers paper, ink, and a single clean sentence that can turn into a cage.
On this side of the veil, the people who love Kiera work the problem like a case with teeth. Harvey June finds his late father's hidden journals: ciphered pages, missing pieces, and proof that Fern Glade's safety has been quietly siphoned for years. Paige Brighton, fae-born and still carrying what the Shadow Realm took from her, discovers her wordless humming is not just comfort. It is punctuation. A way to hold a seam open without giving the dark language it can use.
Hollow Root is writing a crown for Kiera, and every signature comes with fine print.
When an Ink Witch steps into the circle, the fight becomes procedural as much as magical. Definitions. Loopholes. Invalid terms. Coercion disguised as consent. And the brutal truth that intent isn't impact.
To bring Kiera and her father home, they will have to outwit a realm that treats language as law, and prove that the cleanest sentence can be the deadliest weapon in the room.The Ink Witch is the final installment of the Fern Glade Series, an atmospheric blend of paranormal mystery, dark fantasy, witchcraft, fae magic, portal horror, and small-town secrets.
