Chapter 0511

We stood there for a while longer, watching as Enzo and Tyler continued to play. Tyler never seemed to run out of energy, and was proving to be a good match against Enzo,

I grinned so much as I watched them that my face eventually grew sore, and it wasn't until my mom spoke that I realized that I had been touching my belly the entire time, subconsciously connected with the little life unexpectedly growing inside of me.

"We should head inside," my mom suggested, finally breaking the silence. "See if we can help out with the preparations."

"Yeah," I said, taking one last look at Tyler and Enzo, their happiness infectious and uplifting. "Let's go in."

And then it happened. Tyler stumbled, his legs buckling beneath him, and he went crashing to the ground. It was more than just a mere trip; it was as though his body just caved in on itself, like the exuberant, healthy young man had suddenly shifted back into the way he was before, when the curse that overtook his body ruled his entire life.

*Tyler!" My mom and I screamed in unison, already sprinting toward him. Enzo was already at his side, his face twisted with concem.

"Tyler, are you okay? What happened?" My mom reached him first, her hands shaking as she touched his face, checking for any signs of injury.

sit up but wincing as he did. "Just

worry but also a kind of restraint, as if he

Ty," I said, my heart pounding in my chest as I thought of

up, meeting my gaze, then our mom's. "It's the curse, Nina. It still messes with me sometimes, despite all the treatments.

face blanched. "Did

and looked a little exasperated. "Of course I did. But sometimes, like just now, I lose all sense of balance, get dizzy, and-" he gestured to the

fool, Tyler, Enzo said, his voice uncharacteristically

chimed in, "you're no fool, but this curse

still cupped around Tyler's face. "But you're okay, right? No nausea?

her, swatting her hand away. "It was just a momentary

changed; the lighthearted

be broken completely? Or would it always linger, an unwanted shadow in our

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