Wyrd Wood
The Silent Shadow
The Silent Shadow
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The Silent Shadow is a dark fairytale inspired candle that lingers like a secret kept beneath twilight skies. Delicate orchid blooms softly at first light, drifting into creamy vanilla that glows like distant lanterns in the forest. Earthy vetiver and smooth sandalwood ground the fragrance in quiet depth, adding a subtle, shadowed warmth. Mysterious, elegant, and hauntingly serene; The Silent Shadow is a scent for moonlit wanderers and stories whispered in the dark.
Hand poured natural wax & cotton wick, vegan & cruelty free.
Soy wax candle in a black Matt jar with lid, approximately 35hrs burn time. We recommend burning for 3-4hrs maximum time to get the best burn from your candle.
6 coconut blend wax melt squares, each approximately 12-16 hrs of fragrance. Simply place a 4hr tea light in your burner and light.
A short tale that captures the essence of The Silent Shadow
Each night, when the house of his betrothed fell silent and the candles guttered into smoke, Lenore slipped from the folds of shadow. She was not flesh as other women were; she was a hush, a breath between heartbeats, a sorrow that had learned how to want.
Through the cracks of his dreaming she spoke to him.
“Beloved,” she whispered, her voice like velvet dragged across glass. “I have waited longer than love remembers how to wait.”
He stirred in his sleep, brow knitting, lips parting as though to answer a question he did not know he had been asked. In his dreams he walked fog wrapped corridors and felt her hand brush his sleeve, cold and aching with devotion. He never saw her, yet he began to crave the feeling of being seen by something unseen.
By day he smiled dutifully at his promised bride. By night his thoughts bent toward the dark corners of his room, where longing felt deeper and more honest than daylight affection.
Lenore gathered his sighs, his half formed wishes, his lonely pauses. She wove them into a tapestry of need. Love, to her, was not gentle, it was eternal, and eternity could not bear refusal.
“Come to me,” she breathed through the shadows. “I will keep you where no vows can be broken, where no heart can be taken from you.”
And one night he rose, barefoot and unblinking, drawn by the gravity of her promise. The darkness parted for him like water for the faithful. When he stepped into her waiting arms, the world forgot his name.
In the morning they found his bed empty and his engagement ring cold on the pillow.
In the shadows, Lenore finally had her love; unchanging, unshared, and forever hers.
