Chapter 22. The Curse (2)

Amara had reached her house then. She shut the doors closed and stood still to catch her breath. All she had seen and heard had put her mind in a deep state of trouble. Her Nathan, or rather the one who she had known since she was a child was nothing but a vicious kind. Was it a wolf they said?

She was so scared that the other wolf who looked so elegant was after her to hunt her down. She forced herself to believe that Nathan had her best interest at heart. He was even in love with her?

All this was no different to her again. It was like the crush she had was now suddenly replaced by fear. She recalled their conversation one more time, then again and again, each time made her more and more confused.

She looked at the wrapped fabric in her hands. She had heard them saying this was a gem of great power, but could this power really save her? What was worse was that she knew nothing of how to use it and protect herself. All she wanted to do right now was wake her paren