A Thousand year old Forest guardian has loved only one human woman but can never have her, she often slips away from him through death and there was nothing he could do to save her. After waiting for what felt like an eternity, she was finally reborn again, but this lifetime is the last one she could have, she has exalted all her chances of reincarnation and should she die this time, she would stop existing. Knowing this and that his presence is the only threat she has, can he bear to lose her forever? Also, after waiting for her to reincarnate all these years, can he bear to stay away knowing she is within arm’s reach?
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Mariah never thought that one day her perfect life wouldn’t be so perfect anymore. Who would have expected that her father, the King’s special adviser, would one day be accused of trying to kill the king and take his place?
But even though no one thought that, it happened and her family became the king and kingdom’s most hated enemy. Banished out of the kingdom till a befitting punishment is decided on, Mariah and her family had to move to the little house outside the kingdom and close to the forest which frightening stories had been told about. Mariah thought that things can never be worse but it all changed when she started receiving uninvited strange guests.
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Come Love A Stranger

/"Where are you going, you can’t be going out to the forest again,/" Lydia said to Mariah when she stood up after dinner.

/"Your mother is right, Mariah, you gave us a scare yester-night when we didn’t see you and thought something had happen to you,/" Josiah added, looking up at her from his food.

/"I know, father and I am sorry, I did not know when it got so late. I just want to walk around, I have been inside all day and I think I will die of loneliness here,/" Mariah answered with her head lowered. Something strange is going on, she needs to know what, why is she receiving her strange guests? Last night she had figured that the forest must have the answer, they all emerge from the forest and they return to it after she had seen them, it almost felt like the forest was calling to her and she knew she would never rest until she had figured out why.

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