Evelyn Simmons is not a sack of grain, but she has been sold like one. Three days ago, strangers arrived at dawn, counted coins on her uncle's kitchen table, and forced her into a cart before breakfast. The price? The settlement of a mysterious family debt. Now, her terrifying journey ends at a border where the human world stops. Before her stands a massive, breathing wall of black briars, woven like beastly muscle and blooming with impossible, dark red roses. There are no iron gates or latches here-only a living barrier that shifts and ripples without the wind. Left by her terrified driver at a road marked with ancient, chilling warnings, Evelyn must face the dark reality of her uncle's bargain. Someone-or something-from inside the thorns is waiting for her. Experience an atmospheric, dark fantasy where bargains are inescapable and secrets wait behind the briars.