Story By Jordan Masterson
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Jordan Masterson

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When She Walked With Crows
Updated at Apr 3, 2026, 13:58
After losing his mother, Silas is dragged to a quiet village on the edge of an ancient forest — a place where the trees whisper, shadows shift, and nothing feels entirely asleep. He expects loneliness. He expects silence. He does not expect her. Anwen lives in a crumbling house with a crow that watches him too closely and a past she never speaks about. She’s strange, soft‑spoken, and impossibly hard to look away from. The forest seems to bend around her… and now, around him. When Silas helps her repair her home, something awakens — in the woods, in the stone hidden beneath the moss, and in the space between them. The forest remembers things it shouldn’t. And it has begun to notice him. As their quiet bond deepens, Silas must choose: run from the magic that’s calling his name… or step into a world that has been waiting for him all along. A slow‑burn, atmospheric tale of grief, healing, and the kind of connection that feels like fate.
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