Hide Away Island

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olution, when this vast country was just beginning to be colonized. On this island there lived a beautiful, young woman, all alone. The ‘holy’ minister loved her, but every time he tried to put the moves on her, she denied him. It was rumor she did have a lover, but no one knows whom. Well, one night, after the minister was rejected again, he calls an emergency town meeting, and claims that the young woman was a witch. The poor lady didn’t have a good standing with the town’s people before, but after that she was completely shunned. Then one day they somehow discovered she was present. When the minister found out, he proclaimed she must have slept with the devil himself. So, the minister, and all the other good people jump into their boats, and row out to the island at night. They pulled the woman from her bed, and led her outside, where they had made a steak to tie her on. They tied her up, and set her on fire. It is said that she let out an ungodly scream, and swore she’d have her vengeance, before the flames engulfed her. Ever since then people come to Beelzebub, I’m sorry, ‘Hide Away’ Island, and they don’t come back.”
“That’s a pretty good story,” I admitted, “but the last part is complete bull.” “If you’re going to insult my story, you need to tell me your name,” he insisted. “I’m Kat, Kat Samsa,” I said. “Hi Kat, I’m Iran Hawk,” he said introducing h...