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 loved me

done my best to fight against my

against hope that this was all just

of course, it was all

last five years were simply a grace period, the calm before the storm.

wracked my body, almost choking me to death. It seemed like the ants

even wait until it filled the bathtub, I just submerged my head into the water, praying that it would numb the

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

vision remained hazy. The feeling was not that different from when

wasn't it, then something else was wrong with my body. My

itchiness only seemed to get worse. I scratched and scratched,

someone

room. I whipped around

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

I

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

"Calm down, Crystal," he rasped. "It's okay. Don't think about the itch. Everything

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