Status Updates From Itch!

Old Jacob wagged a crooked finger at the women. ‘We’ll do it properly, this time. You’ll follow my instructions, to the letter. We’ll make amends with the Devil.’ And make amends, Josie did. She put herself completely at Jacob’s disposal. She set herself to the task of fashioning the Queen of the March.

Really enjoying the gloomy atmosphere of the forest setting and how the descriptions make my skin CRAWL.

Also appreciate the content warning before and that the issue of DV in same sex relationships is not only talked about but it is acknowledged that abuse in these relationships isn’t reported nearly as often.

‘Explain it to me like I’m an idiot, one more time,’ Wilkes slurred. ‘Me too,’ Angela pleaded from her bar stool. ‘Help me understand.’ Josie heard herself speak but could not connect the voice to her own self. ‘He abducts them,’ she said, matter of fact. ‘He drugs them, does unspeakable things to them, then he puts them inside the straw queen. Still paralysed. Still alive, you understand?’

Josie had secrets still buried inside her, secrets that the colony were unearthing slowly, one by one. She might not get to the bottom of them all, as some of the memories had been placed in a box and sealed shut. But the colony demanded retribution for every last one.