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Every half century in a small little town hidden in the woods, a beast comes out from the forest to claim his bride on the night of an eclipse. The people of call this phenomenon "the taking". This beast is said to be very dangerous. It roams door to door searching for the woman whose being calls to his animal instincts. He will kill, mutilate and destroy everything in his path until he finds his bride. In the past, the townsmen have tried to hunt the creature and kill him before they can steal one of their marriageable daughters, but the beast does not hunt alone. He has followers among the shadows to make sure his goal is accomplished. Once he finds his bride, he carries her back to the forest where she is never seen or heard from again. Celeste believes this so-called "legend" is just some scary fairytale her grandmother made up to scare her. But was she ever wrong when a pair of moonlit eyes stared straight at her through her bedroom window and entered her room. Next thing she knew, she was being carried out the house and into the woods by a half-naked man who called her his. Who would have thought? Grandma wasn't crazy after all. Young Adult novel. Paranormal/Comedy-Romance @2014 Show more

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mikee
mikee
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ok but he's half naked?? i'm listening
2026-06-10
chris
chris
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i need to know what happens next rn
2026-05-28
zoey
zoey
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he called her his i'm screaming
2026-05-19
emma
emma
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the beast has followers?? this is giving dark romance
2026-05-14
anna23
anna23
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the tension in the first chapter is INSANE
2026-04-19
alex99
alex99
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she really said 'grandma wasn't crazy' i'm dead
2026-04-11
noah
noah
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binge reading this at 2am and i have no regrets
2026-04-10
luna
luna
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the way i RAN to read this
2026-04-09
jade
jade
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moonlit eyes through the window?? NOPE
2026-04-08
kevin
kevin
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why did i think this was gonna be a cute story 😭
2026-04-02

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