The Unsettling Harvest

• 🩸 A family discovers a third slaughtered livestock animal, a goat, on their porch, a disturbing ritual that has become a monthly occurrence.
• 🌲 Anna, a determined 13-year-old, and her father, Jerath, burn the goat carcass, a practice they see as a form of ancient magic to ward off misfortune.
• 🌙 Anna's mother, Ellen, watches from the window, her face a mask of worry, disliking the woods and the grim realities of their farm life.

A Transformative Dream

• 🐺 Anna experiences a terrifying dream where she is stalked in an overgrown forest, feeling her bones splinter and hollow out, replaced by animal bones.
• 🩸 She awakens to find herself bleeding, realizing it's her first menstruation, a symbolic