Retribution
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  • Reads 417
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  • Parts 7
  • Time 52m
Ongoing, First published Dec 30, 2018
La Mort.

That is what the people of Chartres, Louisiana call their tiny hamlet. It is a place of black waters and death, a place outsiders fear, and when people disappear, no one asks questions. 

Emory Beaunay knows firsthand the truth of her town's nickname. Many years ago her mother was murdered, her body left to rot in the bayou. Just one of several women to meet the same fate over a span of five years. The murderer was never brought to justice, and the killing spree became something the locals talked about over chess and coffee.

But never in front of Emory.

Thirteen years later, the murders begin again. One by one, girls disappear- their bodies discovered in the same places with the same wounds. When Emory is taken, she knows she's doomed to be just another statistic.

Until she isn't. Retribution is hers if she chooses to become the very thing she despises. 

A murderer.
A life for a life.
A soul for a soul.

What would you do?
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