Chapter 28. The Unexpected Death

Kaila’s POV

My feet brought me towards the door of the yellow-and-white painted house, then my right hand knocked on it while the other one held a sharp axe. There were many windows around the house, and drapes that could be seen outside. No garbage, not even a little dirt on the walls, though they were painted with dirt-pursued paint. Having that kind of house was so beautiful, simple, and peaceful, but why did the curse want to break the peace there? Didn’t it know that the people there were not doing anything wrong, or maybe it was envious of what I had observed?

That was such a merciless curse. I knew it wouldn’t show any sympathy because it only had a brain and didn’t have a heart. It could kill everyone who was in its way, even a poor child, even a baby who was still inside his mother’s stomach. It was sharper than any sword, heavier than any load, hotter than the sun and hell.

The owner of the house was probably sleeping at those hours because everything the