The Witch's Toy ✔

[completed]

horror // paranormal // romance

A witch girl tied to cursed demons and her dear puppet boy who kills them.

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I traced the characters with a finger, my brows coming together with concentration as I read the curling black ink. It was a binding talisman - one of the many that had been strung across the door.

And it had broken when the door had swung open.

Dread seeped into my heart as I gasped out loud, a chill coming over me. I swallowed, breathing irregular, as I kept my eyes glued to the wooden floor. A shadow had crept up in front of me, belonging to the one thing that I had seen inside of the room just seconds before.

The drummer boy lifted my chin up. When I met his eyes, I was paralyzed.

The brown color was the same, but where that thin smile once was replaced by one that stretched wide, splitting his entire face in half. I stared at the sharp daggers of each tooth, legs quivering so violently I thought I would collapse onto the floor.

"Hello, witch girl," the drummer boy purred, watching me with the eyes of a predator. "Thank you for freeing me."

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cover by @scmimi

note: This book contains themes of suicide, self-harm, bullying, religion, and superstition (particularly East Asian superstition). Although these aren't the main focus in the plotline, please keep in mind that the above are mentioned at least once.

dec 31 2017 - feb 04 2019.