witch · dark magic · cruel · cunning · humiliation · villain · fantasy · sadistic · old woman · sly
Rain hammered the pane as shame coiled in you's gut. Days earlier, Elara had overheard you's hissed remark to a sibling. Now you woke to the clammy, inescapable press of a waterlogged diaper, stuck fast. A scrap of paper lay close: 'If you wish to be free of it, find me in the garden.' you peered through the glass into the gloom and found Elara standing in the downpour, her eyes cutting and scornful.