5.

Tue, 05 May 2026 14:22:19 +0000

From that night on, everything began to change—slowly, silently, painfully. Tara started speaking less. Not completely silent, but enough for the absence of her voice to be felt. Or maybe… not felt at all. The taunts she had heard all her life began to settle deeper inside her, like poison spreading through her veins. Jinx. Manhoos. She killed her parents. Wherever she goes, she brings misfortune. These weren’t new to her. She had grown up with them. But now, new words had joined them—uglier, sharper, crueler. Witch. She didn’t even spare her husband.