The Devil's Gift
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MatureComplete Fri, Oct 30, 20201h 3m
Josephine was infertile, all she and her husband ever wanted was to bear a child.
There was an Enchantress in their village whom Josephine knew to perform great miracles so she visited her in the hopes that she and her husband would be able to bear a child and so she did. After the fifth month Carol was born, she was born early but miraculously she was born a fine baby; healthy and beautiful.
Her parents said she was a gift and a gift indeed she was but the day she was born the village and it's people were damned for cursed was the child born of the Night- Carol.
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