Chapter 43

Warning: Triggering chapter

Fiona woke very early to get ready.

She got reatly as fast as she could, not wanting any delay coming from her. She prepared herself mentally and physically for what was ahead. They were going to the fountain of death, which was the source of the curse. The “fountain” was actually a waterfall whose water connected to other bodies of water around the community and even beyond. How the name came about, she didn’t know, but she was certain there was more to it.

She only encouraged herself that this would be doable, just like the rest of them Unlike what she had dealt with in the last three weeks, the source of the plague wasn’t a person; rather, it was a place, and she didn’t know how that would go.

She stepped out of her quarters of the villa, and she spotted Julian also stepping out. She felt shivers at his sight, and she tried to work through it. He would be with her like he was yesterday, and she would do well to not let his presence affect her

“Good morning, Sky”

“Good morning, my Julian,” she said, and that made it sound weird because she had now called him hers. She bit down on her l*p.

He chuckled, finding no fault in it. “I see you’re dropping the title, and I am proud of you.” He said and winked at her, and that didn’t make things better because she squirmed on her stand.

Was he flirting with her? Because if he was, it was getting to her.

They arrived at the sanctuary and met Elder Rio, who was already waiting for them. He seemed ready, but not very excited about the adventure.

“Good morning, my king and healer.” He bowed his head.

“Good morning, elder Rio,” Julian said that and nodded at him.

“Good morning, elder Bio,” she said, and it echoed the same. “We are all ready”

There was no time to waste, so they followed him, and he led them to the fountain of death. They arrived after a half–hour walk from the community and there was the waterfall. It had a mixture of green and dry grass around it, and it didn’t look us prosperous as a waterfall should. It indeed attested to its name because it carried

the presence of death, and doom lingered in the air. She knew Elder Rio had brought them to the right location.

“It was called the Fall of Life since the foundation of the community, but twenty- five years ago, the name changed to the Fountain of Death, which is what everyone calls it now.” Elder Rio told them. “Everyone has felt the dark presence and kept away from the waterfall for safety”

Elder Rio continued in his path, and Fiona followed behind him.

“Sky.” She heard Julian call to her after a while, and she paused and turned to him

He looked a little helpless, and that made her grow worried as she stared at him. “What is wrong?”

“I can’t go further,” he told her.

Her brows narrowed. “Why? Are you okay?” Her voice turned into a protective one immediately.

He smiled at her concern. “Yes,” he nodded. “I just can’t go further; I feel stuck here, and I guess it means I cannot enter further.” he told her.

She didn’t doubt him. “Alright.”

“Be careful” He looked concerned for her now, but it was out of his control at this point

She nodded. “I will be.”

and so did Jose

fortifications, so only those with pure blood can come in.” Elder Rio said, and he must have noticed the confusion in her

which was the top edge from which the water

into the waterfall. They came closer and found a carcass hanging around the tree with a dagger in their heart and a blue diamond pendant around their neck. The

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a silver chain around her neck, which was also connected to the tree,

to trigger the curse.” Fiona said and drew close to where the tree now stood, having the carcass hanging on the

have any idea who

lingered on the blue diamond pendant around her neck. He took a sharp breath.

you know who it is?”

goddess herself. It was rumoured that she filed a petition against the alpha of Grandfield. She claimed he abused, maltreated, and raped her, but no one believed her. The council, bribed by the alpha,

faced. The plague was a result of a curse that came upon this land because of their cruel act

when the plague broke out, The knew it was a punishment from the moon goddess. While the council sought refuge in other communities, my father remained. He said he would stay here and face the punishment. He never had the plague, but everyone in the council seat that ran away did. They were the first

the healer Yilla, and the rest didn’t because her soul never found rest. She

think this would be what she would discover. This world has always been cruel, but those suffering now have nothing to do with it.

can do?”

to be done,

Chapire at

was bringing down the

She told them. “We need to get

towards the edges of the brink, where water flowed down and

the tree.

careful,” she

climbed up. He wrapped his hand around the silver chain around Yilla’s neck

Yilla’s carcass in his arms. Elder Rio took off his cloak and helped cover Jose up, and Fiona took off her cloak and covered what she could of Yilla’s b*dy. Her hand touched her dry bones, and she moved into a trance. She found herself standing in the same position, but not

timeline.

been there. In her hand were silver chains and an oak wood shaped into a pointy mouth dagger. She threw the chain around the branch of the tree, and then, when she had it around her neck, she threw herself off the tree. The same second, she drove

out of the trance and found him

and turned to Rio. “Where can she

you.” He said that and led Jose away from

in the centre of the flowing water for a while before turning around to Fiona. “What

curse, and her death

edge of the flowing water. Getting to it, she transformed into a wolf.

she climbed onto the tree, and she dug her claw into her palm deep enough so that she bled. Then she held up her hand, and her blood tricked down her paw and dropped into the water flowing. After the second drop, she felt the tree she held onto shake, and this told her the blood had taken effect on the roots. She then placed her still bloody palm on the tree branch, and she leaped off the branch, stretching her leg so she landed on the

the dry and almost dead tree came back to

to her, and she turned to find him holding

She took it from his hand and wrapped it around her

“The curse has been broken, and this is something

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come in.” Elder Rio said, and he must have

the crest, which was the top edge from which the water fell. It

river at the brink. The closer she came, the stronger the negative feeling she got. She felt something terrible happen here, and this must have triggered the curse that flowed into the waterfall. They came closer and found a carcass hanging around the tree with

a silver chain around her neck, which was also connected to the tree, and died.

close to where

you have any idea who

at the b*dy, and his eyes lingered on the blue diamond pendant around her neck.

you know who it is?” Marion asked.

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