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The Witch's Cursed Daughter - Chapter 1 excerpt

The last remaining light of day painted the outer walls of the cottage a dim orange, darkening the thatched roof and accentuating shadows over the dried-up herb garden. No smoke rose from the stone chimney but the thin frame of a girl was visible sitting shivering at the only window, staring out into the growing darkness, unable to focus her mind on any one thing.

Evianna waited silently for her mother to return. There was little to do in the empty house; if she touched her mother's belongings, she would be beaten, and she had no possessions of her own.

As the night grew near, Evianna's stomach began to churn as starvation clung to her since she hadn't eaten all day. She had witnessed foxes kill mice and birds feed their chicks; even the fresh smells of baked bread had been carried on the light breeze since early hours. Envy stung at her as she wished for even unclean, uncooked earthworms the mother bird offered to stave off her children’s hunger.

As a rolling growl sounded from her stomach the girl sent her eyes to the cold cottage floor, searching for crumbs that may have fallen from previous meals yet unnoticed. The odd edge of something small and off-colour caught her eye, but in the same moment the front door tore away from its hinges as if trying to escape as a tall woman stormed into the cottage.

This is the beginning of the first novel of my trilogy, The Myrde Chronicles. If you are intrigued, you can find the link below or on my main webpage.

The Witch's Cursed Daughter