Chapter 1: Evelyn: The Witch in the Barrel
Evelyn~
"Throw her into the ocean!"
"Kill that evil witch!" A woman screamed in grief, cradling her husband’s lifeless body in her arms.
"That filthy whore needs to pay for what she did!" she cried, her bloodshot eyes locking onto me. "How dare you curse my husband to death!"
A few men roughly dragged me out of the ship’s cabin. My wrists were chained, and someone shoved a dirty, stinking rag into my mouth to keep me quiet.
I didn’t fight back, not because I couldn’t, but because I didn’t care anymore.
I was tired. Tired of defending myself. Tired of being blamed.
What was the use anyway?
No one ever listened to me, and no one cared about how I felt.
Besides, I was already sick of this rotting ship. I’d been trapped in it for over two miserable weeks.
More than that, I had no chance of winning against the fifty or so men on board.
"I told you we shouldn’t have brought this witch with us!" an old man spat, his yellow-stained teeth clearly visible every time he opened his mouth. "She brings nothing but bad luck wherever she goes!"