A Storybook About the Blood Traitors

"A Storybook About the Blood Traitors" is a chapter in *The Water of the Womb*.

## Plot

### A Story about Daniel and the Stray

Adora and Cyra lived with Beatrix Weaver, who molested Adora and treated Cyra like trash. They stole and crashed Angella Yadao's car as teenagers, so Adora confessed and began working for Angella while Cyra was kicked out and sent to military school. Adora began self-harming and almost killed herself by accident, so when Cyra found out what happened to her, she sent a letter to Beatrix telling her to kill herself, which she did to avoid the trial.

### A Story about the Trailblazer of Mistruth

Gilda's mother was overprotective and her only friend was Bow. She began spending time with her cousin Abby, but one day Abby said Gilda's classmate Prometheus raped her. She said that she was too afraid to come forward, so Gilda pretended that it was her that was hurt. The lie was revealed when Prometheus revealed he was pre-op transgender, so Gilda was made an outcast and Prometheus was later attacked by God's Will First.

### A Story about Joan Barleycorn

Tara tied herself to a tree in a grove so loggers couldn't cut all of the trees down. Two of them stayed behind and raped her, but she managed to get free and beat them with a branch.

### A Story about Apsu and Tiamat

Jeoff Blithe was being sexually abused by his father, but his coping mechanisms filled out the Macdonald Triad, so everyone thought he was a bad kid. Elaysia's father was distant, so she hung out with Mr. Blithe, who told her that she was very mature for her age. She hid in his basement and he tried to rape her, but when she cried, he tried to drown her. Elaysia was only saved because Jeoff was upset that the cops stopped looking for her and he burned down the marina, leading to the police going to his house to inform his father and catching him in the act.

### A Story about the Mad Scientist

Estra is autistic, acts childish, and is short, so people thought she was younger and her boyfriend Hector tricked her into dating him. Sometime after giving birth to her and Hector's child, her coworker Bill Cipher began raping her. Bill eventually got bored of Estra and lied to Hector that they were having an affair, and Hector believed him and kicked her out.

### A Story about the Frost Giant

Mackenzie's parents died when she was eight and was sent to live with a neglectful foster family. She befriended a man that kidnapped her, kept her in his cabin, and abused her. Mackenzie escaped, and when her kidnapper caught up to her, she screamed and caused an avalanche that killed him. Vivian Redretta and Cynthia rescued her and took her in.

### A Story about the Tight-Lipped Gladiatrix

When Lynda was in military school, she befriended people by letting them vent about their personal lives, including abuse. When her friend Kyle was gang-raped, she tried to report it, but no one did anything about it, so she left the school.

### A Story about the Mythomaniac

Bex has been a compulsive liar since childhood, so their mom Esmerelda didn't believe them when they said their step-father was abusing them. They went to stay with their dad Kasher and told him what happened, but Esmerelda still didn't believe it until she found child porn on the step-dad's computer.