The Counting King. The Changeling and the Wolf, #7

The forest leads them where it will. When Ella and Wolfie are drawn into a place that does not belong to the living, they find a king who counts what should never be counted, and a debt that cannot be paid without loss. Coins whisper. Spirits linger. And every step deeper threatens to take something they cannot afford to give. In a world where love is tested by absence and power is measured in what is taken, Ella and Wolfie must decide how much of themselves they are willing to lose.
and whether leaving is still possible once the counting begins.