Dexterous

Not all evil can be beaten with the light, sometimes darkness is the only way out.

Every year that the rural village can remember, Phoenix disappears. Once a year, same month and day without fail, from sundown of one day to sundown the next. Phoenix has worked hard to become a contributing asset to her village, an independent woman who has made her own way. Her life's fragile peace was all she would ever have, all she could have.
But when the outspoken baker's daughter moves back to town, Ph...