Crystal's POV:

By the time I returned to my residence, my emotions were completely out of control.

I had no idea how things had come to this. If everything had been premeditated, that meant that I had become a willing prey.

My thoughts were clouded by an indescribable pain. It felt as though thousands of ants were crawling all over my skin, gnawing at my flesh.

I stumbled into my room and burrowed under the covers of my bed.

I was shivering. I felt hot and cold at the same time.

My head was pounding, too, and all I could think about was the pain. Images of death flashed in my vision-Leonard's, Maya's, Rufus'.

I saw Rufus with a cut on his throat, caused by the black thorn that adorned his body...

And now... Now, it was Beryl's turn, wasn't it?

Noreen had once told me that I would only bring misfortune to the people around me.

I loved and the people who

best to fight against my destiny, but it was all in

I sobbed, hoping against hope that this was all

of course, it was

simply a grace period, the calm before the storm. What was fated

death. It seemed like the ants

bathroom and turned the cold water on. I couldn't even wait until it filled the bathtub, I just submerged my head into the water, praying that it would numb the pain, if only a little. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels

I could make out how red

my vision remained hazy. The feeling

head told me that I wasn't drunk. If that wasn't it, then something else was wrong with my body. My mind was

my arm again, but the itchiness only seemed to get worse. I scratched and scratched, until blood bloomed in my

then, someone

room. I whipped around

my face as held up my bleeding arm. "Thetch won't stop," I whispered miserably. "What should

I

raised my other hand, intending to scratch my arm again, but Rufus caught it in

into his arms and kissed my hair. "Calm down, Crystal," he rasped. "It's okay. Don't think about the itch. Everything

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