The Mourning Vale

In a forest that blooms with memories, every tree is a soul that has died with unresolved grief. The fae tend to the forest, harvesting emotions to sustain their magic-but only mourning feeds them. Joy, hope, or acceptance kill the grove.

A grieving mortal woman, Anya, comes seeking to bury her sister's ashes and forget everything. But when she plants the urn in the grove, something unprecedented happens: her grief doesn't feed the forest, it heals it.

Her presence begins to awaken dormant trees and undo centuries of fae magic. Terrified, the fae try to banish her. One of them, Sorlem, a cold-hearted grief harvester exiled from his court for "feeling too much" is assigned to watch her until she leaves. But the more time he spends with her, the more of his own grief resurfaces, and the more the forest changes.