Chapter 0573

Nina

Madame Zara's eyes flickered with a mix of fear and sorrow as she finally spoke, her voice barely more than a whisper. I could hardly hear her over the din of the crowd outside, and I had to lean closer just to make out what she was trying to say.

"Your family, Nina, it's... it's cursed. A generational curse that affects the first-born daughters."

I felt my heart skip a beat. "Cursed?" I echoed, my voice trembling.

Enzo let out a wry chuckle. "Don't bullshit us, woman," he hissed.

But Madame Zara just shot him a look, and in that look, there was everything. Suddenly, I knew. This couldn't be just any gimmicky fortune teller. She had ties in the supernatural realm. I was sure of it. Even Enzo fell silent, his eyes widening ever so slightly.

"I'm sorry," I murmured in the wake of Enzo's comment. "Please keep going, Madame Zara."

The fortune teller swallowed, then leveled her gaze with mine again. "It is true." She nodded solemnly. "The curse dictates that the first-born child of each first-born daughter in your family will be stillborn."

I felt a chill run down my spine. My mother's first child, as I had only just discovered, had been stillborn. I thought it was just a tragic accident, a stroke of cruel fate. But now, with Madame Zara's words hanging heavily in the air, a horrifying possibility began to take shape in my mind.

"Are you saying that... my baby..." I couldn't finish the sentence, the words catching in my throat.

can see the curse's shadow around you. It's strong, and it's old, passed down

heart pounding in my chest as Madame Zara's words echoed in my mind. Black magic? A multi -generational curse? It sounded like something out of a horror movie, not something that

my head. "Why would there be

fingers gripped the edge of the table. "I'm not sure. I can only see the curse's shadow surrounding you. I cannot see its

in, the skepticism returning to

you," she said,

pulling me close. "We're leaving," he

"But what if she's right?" I whispered to Enzo. "What if our baby is in

jaw clenched. "Nina, we don't know if we can

"She knew about the baby, about the magic,

careful," she called after us as Enzo started to lead me away. "The curse is strong. If you do not take heed, you

chill down my spine, but Enzo was resolute. He guided me out of the tent, his

gentle but unyielding.

sounds felt jarringly out of place. My mind

can't just ignore this," I said, my voice shaky. "Maybe we

closer so only I could hear. "Trust me, I want to believe," he said softly, his hands gripping mine. "But we should be careful. It could be a

about us. She

know, but we don't know her intentions for sure. She could still

heart. "But why? What would anyone gain from spinning a tale about a generational black magic curse and a

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