Thorne's Penance, Elara's Triumph

Reverend Thorn

, abandoned by my own cruel mother, he offered me

en, at eighteen, he learne

p into the dangerous Ozark Mountains-a place guarded

ath, but my spirit

, slandered my memory, and even marr

s unheard, my ghost cast out as "evil." Every shred

lvation, betray me so utterly? Why was my torme

awoke, a child once more, with

, the same false savi

ime, I

refuse to b

, I choose my own path to healing, love,