The First Wife’s Revenge
But at the very bottom of one trunk, beneath yellowed sheets, her fingers had touched something strange.
It was a black leather, bound book. Its cover was scratched but strong, the edges stitched with red thread. On the front, pressed into the leather, was a symbol she had never seen before, a crescent moon crossed by three arrows.
Her breath caught. Something about the symbol made her skin prickle. It looked like it belonged in old legends, not in her mother’s private things.
With shaky hands and curious mind, Olivia opened the book.
The first page held a sentence written in red ink, almost like dried blood:
Sikat na Kabanata