The Robe
A quiet house, a mother newly buried, and a thing left behind that the daughters were told never to wear. The Witchfinder comes to the valley.
The Story
Some things don't stay buried.
The Black Robe opens with fire. Martha Thorne, a healer whose whispered words and bitter herbs saved children no doctor could, is burned at the stake for witchcraft while her three young daughters are forced to stand and watch. As the flames rise, she lays a final working upon Dr. John Crane, the ambitious physician whose signature made her murder lawful. She leaves her a folded black robe, hidden away, that holds everything she ever was.
Eighteen years later, the daughters are grown in the watchful village of Crowe. Eve, the careful eldest, performs dullness to keep them safe; Pip, the sharp middle sister, sees more than she should; Lisa, the youngest, is the most beautiful woman the village has ever seen. They live quietly under the threat of accusation. But the man who burned their mother is coming for the robe.
Only one can wear the robe
