Poison and Rot
(2026)A Snow White Retelling
(The second book in the Forevermore series)
A novel by Octavia Knightly
WINTER
I was chained to a house of rot.
A cottage where they keep me captive.
There is no mercy here.
No escape.
I am theirs to trade.
When Death comes to claim me as his own,
I go with him willingly.
A gift from the graves I intend to keep.
Only I was never meant to be found.
He is my dark angel.
My hunter.
Death.
And nothing he touches survives.
RAVEN
I was assigned a job I never wanted.
To hunt what’s left of The Royal.
A secret society of corrupt elites.
Exposed, yet still breathing.
I expected blood.
Violence.
Monsters.
But I did not expect her.
My little ghost.
Haunting my graveyard, guarding her kingdom of bones.
She’s not meant to survive, but I can’t walk away.
I have to finish the job.
The longer I watch, the less it feels like a choice.
Kill her. Or keep her.
And my mind was made up the moment I saw her.
She will be the death of me.
Poison and Rot is the second book in the Forevermore series. A dark, modern gothic secret society romance, it can be read as a complete standalone; however, it is part of an interconnected series and is best experienced in reading order. This novel contains heavy and potentially triggering themes. Please refer to the content warnings before reading.
Note: This is not a fantasy.
Genre: Literary Fiction
I was chained to a house of rot.
A cottage where they keep me captive.
There is no mercy here.
No escape.
I am theirs to trade.
When Death comes to claim me as his own,
I go with him willingly.
A gift from the graves I intend to keep.
Only I was never meant to be found.
He is my dark angel.
My hunter.
Death.
And nothing he touches survives.
RAVEN
I was assigned a job I never wanted.
To hunt what’s left of The Royal.
A secret society of corrupt elites.
Exposed, yet still breathing.
I expected blood.
Violence.
Monsters.
But I did not expect her.
My little ghost.
Haunting my graveyard, guarding her kingdom of bones.
She’s not meant to survive, but I can’t walk away.
I have to finish the job.
The longer I watch, the less it feels like a choice.
Kill her. Or keep her.
And my mind was made up the moment I saw her.
She will be the death of me.
Poison and Rot is the second book in the Forevermore series. A dark, modern gothic secret society romance, it can be read as a complete standalone; however, it is part of an interconnected series and is best experienced in reading order. This novel contains heavy and potentially triggering themes. Please refer to the content warnings before reading.
Note: This is not a fantasy.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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