In Shadow of the Death, the village of Greystone trembles when its church bell tolls thirteen times, heralding a cloaked figure that claims soul after soul. Young Eleanor refuses to cower and instead uncovers the truth behind the legend: the deaths are not random, but part of an ancient covenant binding the village to the shadow. Marked herself, she confronts the figure in the bell tower and bargains with it, sparing Greystone at the cost of her own fate. The killings cease, but Eleanor carries the scar of the pact, knowing one day the thirteenth toll will return for her.
