She came to the woods to heal.She found a haunting silence.And him. Teka came to the isolated Copper's Pass Sanctuary searching for quiet, hoping to escape the ghosts of her past. But the silence here is too full, too watchful. The lynx won't eat. The forest doesn't sing. And something dangerous hunts beneath the pines. Nathan, the sanctuary's guarded and enigmatic caretaker, gives her warnings that sound more like promises. As the line between the natural and supernatural begins to blur, Teka is pulled into a hidden world of magic, monsters, and a connection that defies everything she thought she knew. This slow-burn paranormal romantasy novella is a standalone story but introduces the world of The Shadow Concord, where grief is a tether, love is a risk, and the woods remember everything.