"She ran, her red coat flashing through the woods. Wet leaves and soil under her shoes. The woods are full of dead girls...She kept moving, running into the dark, dense forest...he was suddenly there, a shadow in the darkness between two trees. He was wearing a mask but it was a mask of dreaming. She didn't know him, only from stories. They'd buried the stories so deep, she wouldn't have known him at all if it hadn't been for the apple he held in his hand. 'It's just an apple,' he said 'Take it, if you want.'"--Back cover.
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