The Curse

It has been three months since the defeat of the witch Lianna Paine, young Callum Gravedon and Adeline FitzPatrick has lived their lives as a teenager should. They’re going to school, making friends, and living a carefree life. As for our young witch...well…

~Bynx~

I pant hard and glare down at my mother’s spell book, “Try it again.” My dad demands from the shadows as he stood away from the pentagram. I look up at him with wide fearful eyes, “I-I have been trying!! I-It won’t work!” I scream as tears slip down my pale cheeks, dad growls and steps into the candlelight, “TRY HARDER!” He yells back. I close my eyes and lower my head, “W-With...t-this single drop of crimson…” I whispered hoarsely as I cut my finger with a silver dagger, allowing the blood to drip onto the ruby gem, “I-I hereby...b-bind myself to thee C-Callum Gravedon.” I finished the spell. I gasp when I feel something tug at my soul, I look up at my dad with wide blue eyes, “I-I...I-I think i-it worked.” I say softly. Dad grins widely, “Good! Now we just have to give the gem to him...you did good son.” He says as he walks upstairs to the upper floors of our house. I whimper softly and sink down into the basement floor.

“W-What have I-I done?” I whisper as more tears slip down my cheeks. ’You’ve given your sister and me a second chance Bynx honey,’ I sob loudly when I hear my mother’s voice whisper in the air. “N-NO! I-I’ve...I-I’ve just sealed an innocent person’s death…”