Wow, messed up. I had assumed that she was dumb (i.e. unable to speak) early on, but the fact that he cut her tongue out was twistedly cruel.
It was a well done ficlet, with just a few minor typos. I enjoyed reading it, and thank you for entering.

Thanks. I’ll reread it for typos, I fear I rushed a bit to avoid the hassles of an untimely partecipation.
The real pleasure was reading the other entries, I think your idea was really cool

Aww, poor thing. How horrid- but very nice, I didn’t expect that at all. I did find an “an” that should an “a” and I found a “his” that should be a “her”. (Don’t worry I make mistakes all the time too.)