Phlox & Possession: 1

The land has called him home for centuries. This time, something new was waiting.Lily Vespard has never needed anyone. She has her garden, her grandmother's coven, and magic that grows things it shouldn't - plants that follow her, phlox that glows in the dark, a green spark that reaches across water like it's looking for something to answer.Then Rafe moves in across the lake.He's older than he looks. Older than he remembers. He follows his nose, keeps his teeth in her throat, and calls her his before she's said a word about it. He's not a man who simply wants her. He's something between man and beast that's decided she belongs to him - and the land, her garden, and every wild thing on the property seems to agree.Lily isn't running. Not yet. But she's not ready either.And he said he'd wait.The land knew before either of them did.This dark romance novella contains explicit content, possessive and obsessive behavior, and a hero who is not entirely human. Intended for mature readers only. Please check the content warnings at the front of the book.Ancient being + hedge-witch romance Appalachian gothic He claimed her before she consented to be claimed Book One of The Walker Between Series A Note Before You BeginThis world doesn't give itself up all at once.The mountains, the magic, the thing that moved in across the water - they reveal themselves the way old land does. Slowly. On their own terms.Phlox & Possession is Book One of the Walker Between Series. The foundation is laid here. The walls go up in what follows.