Chapter 0756 Nina

I hadn't seen it in what felt like so long.

Its sharp white teeth gleamed in the darkness. Its hollow eyes, lidless and empty, seemed to be looking directly into my soul. It cocked its head first to the left, then to the right, then left and right again, over and over and over like a broken, crooked metronome.

"What do you want?"

The shadow entity didn't answer. It rarely did, now that I thought of it. It just... beckoned to me.

But when I followed it, it led me nowhere.

"I thought you were gone," I said, shaking my head. "I thought I was finally done with you."

The shadow entity just widened its toothy grin and continued to beckon.

This went on for what felt like an eternity. Maybe it was an eternity, even. Maybe whatever drugs the doctor had given me had actually killed me by accident instead of simply putting me to sleep, and this was my own personal hell.

Honestly, at this point, I wouldn't have been surprised.

But it was at some point during that eternity that it happened: the white light. It spread outwards, all around me, enveloping me like a soft, warm cocoon of light. It swallowed the void, and the shadow entity with it.

Furrowing my brow, I turned in all directions, looking for the source of the light. And for the first time ever, I finally saw it.

"Selena," I breathed.

front of me, or next to me, or all around I couldn't tell. I couldn't even really see her, but rather, I could feel her so

my bed in my father's mansion. There was no white light, no shadow entity, no dead sister. Just me

I called

"What is it?" my

the shadow entity," I whispered, my voice shaking. "I... I think

as realization dawned on both of them. "I'll call the

had felt like forever since I had last seen Elara, but she looked

she murmured as she worked.

on their faces. Words of our supposed generational curse had

Not now, not when everything

I asked, looking

strand of long, dark hair behind her ear. "The spirit is indeed still attached to you," she said. "But there is something else preventing

asked, although truthfully, I hadn't been wearing it since the Moon Goddess Festival. I still wasn't

witch shook her head. "Not the talisman, no. Something else," she said.

hit me. "Selena," I breathed, whipping my head around to look at my dad

parents blinked at me, clearly

passed on some time ago,

than a year

since you were twins, as your father has informed me. A

throat as I listened to the witch's words. My twin sister, Selena... Despite everything, she was

she protecting me?" I

crystals, searching for something. "There could be a number of reasons," she explained. "But most importantly, you must know that her spirit's protection is not foolproof.

a small crystal to me. "This is a moonstone," she said. "Keep it on your person at all times; don't lose it like

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