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

waterfall has always had fortifications, so only those with pure blood can come in.” Elder Rio said, and he must have noticed the

the top edge from which the water fell. It was a long and stressful

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 dagger in their heart and a blue diamond pendant around their neck. The pendant told Fiona it was

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around her neck, which was also connected to the tree,

Fiona said and drew close to where the tree now stood, having the carcass

idea

and his eyes lingered on the blue diamond pendant around her neck. He took a sharp breath. “It can’t be”

it

but there was a rumour of Yilla, the white healer, who lived amongst us twenty–five years ago. She was very beautiful–the most beautiful lady ever to live—and it was said she was the daughter of the moon 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, branded her a witch. She was last seen heading towards the waterfall and never returned. It was always a rumour, and no one believed it. A few believed she had ended her life, while others believed she ran away because she was unable to take the shame. Shortly after her disappearance, the plague broke out.” He explained to them, “I know she’s the one because she is

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

the moon goddess. While the council sought refuge in other communities, my father remained. He said he

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

would be what she would discover. This world has always been

can do?” Marion

what needed to be done, but the first thing that came to

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down the b*dy of the healer.

a proper burial.” She told them. “We need to get her down from

edges of the brink, where water flowed down and around

the tree.

careful,” she pleaded.

form and leaped off the floor with his hands spread out. He grabbed the branch of the tree and he climbed up. He wrapped his hand around the silver chain around Yilla’s neck and took it off. With a firm grip, he took the carcass into his arms and leaped off the tree. He landed on the

Rio took off his cloak and helped cover Jose up, and Fiona took off her cloak and covered what she could of Yilla’s

timeline.

before her painful death. She was in her silver wolf’s form on the tree, sobbing into the flowing water, and she couldn’t tell how long she had 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

Jose called, and she snapped out of the trance and found

hand from the healer’s carcass and turned to Rio. “Where can she be

me: I will show you.” He said that and led Jose away from the

the tree in the centre of the flowing water for a while before turning around

curse, and her death cemented it.”

into a wolf. She

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

stood from there, watching as the dry and almost dead tree came back to life before her very

she turned to find him holding out his cloak for her.

She took it from his hand and

curse has been broken, and this is something I will never forget as long as I

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

to go up to the crest, which was the top edge from which the water fell. It was a long and stressful climb for her, but they made

got. She felt something terrible happen here, and this must have triggered the curse that flowed into

a silver chain around her neck, which was also connected

and drew close to where the tree now stood, having the carcass

idea who that

on the blue diamond pendant around her neck.

it

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