Echoes in the Water

A/N: Chapters published every Monday and friday
Ava moves back to her hometown after the sudden death of her father, a local fisherman who vanished at sea under suspicious circumstances. As Ava sorts through her father's belongings, she uncovers cryptic journals detailing his obsessive research into a centuries-old maritime legend: The Drowned Woman of Greyshore Cove.
Local folklore claims the "Drowned Woman" was a healer who cursed the town before being falsely accused of witchcraft and executed. Since then, every decade, a storm claims the life of a fisherman from the community.
When another storm approaches, Ava notices eerie patterns connecting her father's death to other disappearances. She suspects foul play but faces skepticism from the townsfolk, who dismiss her findings as a product of her "quirky" tendencies and the town's love of tall tales.