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.

was right. One by one, the people I loved and the

best to fight against my destiny, but it

sobbed, hoping against hope

of course, it was

last five years were simply a grace period, the calm before the storm. What was fated was bound to happen

to death. It seemed like the ants from hell had already penetrated my

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

mirror. Through the haze, I could make out how red my cheeks were, and how

twice, but my vision remained hazy. The feeling was not that

I wasn't drunk. If that wasn't it, then something else was wrong with my body. My mind was in a daze, and

but the itchiness only seemed to

someone stormed

room. I whipped around

helplessly at Rufus. Tears were streaming down my face as held up

I

hand, intending to scratch my arm

pulled me into his arms and kissed my hair. "Calm down, Crystal," he rasped. "It's okay. Don't think

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