The candles in the hall began flickering. There was no breeze, but the flames of the candles were swaying. It was extremely strange.
I wasn’t surprised though. I just got to my feet serenely, turned around, and spoke into the empty room, “Show yourself, Noreen. I know you are here.”
I sneered, “Fate? If there is such a thing as fate, then it is your fate to die in my hands one day.”
Noreen arched her eyebrows. Her lips curved into a smirk as if mocking at my innocence. “I like your naivety and arrogance. But you seem to have wrongly blamed all your misfortune on me.”
“Of course, you are the one to blame,” I roared angrily. “You have done nothing but disrupt my life. It’s you who killed my father!”
Noreen eyed me with fake pity. “Sylvia, don’t you understand? Everything was destined. You come from a long line of witches. Your existence is ominous. The people you love and the ones who love you are bound to leave you someday. Both of your parents are the same. Rufus isn’t any different from your mother.”
I cast her a glare and didn’t believe even a single word she said.
“You are the one behind all these. I will figure out a way to break the curses on Rufus.”
After hearing this, Noreen gave me a sympathetic glance. “Sylvia, it’s useless. This is the fate of a black witch. It’s the price to pay for possessing such great power. There’s no other way to solve it unless you cut ties with him. If there was really a way out, your mother wouldn’t have chosen to erase Leonard’s memory in the end.”
Irritated by her words, I couldn’t help raising my voice. “You are lying! There must be a way. You’re just playing a trick to fool me.”
“Do you think I would create a curse that even I couldn’t break? Think about it, Sylvia!” Noreen glared at me with a sullen, sour face. A hint of annoyance was very much evident in her expression. “Be it Olivia and me, we have never seen our fathers since we were born. They have all become the nourishment of the black thorn for falling in love with a black witch! This is the price our race must pay for possessing the taboo power!”
“I don’t believe it! You’re lying!” I was about to lose it at this point. Perhaps it was because, deep down, I knew that what Noreen said was true.
I had been covertly trying to find a cure for a while now but to no avail.
The thorn on Rufus’ back was still growing.
Upon realizing this, my core temperature dropped precipitously, and I felt a cold force surging into my body. This sensation was all too familiar.
I trembled crazily, and the white frost crept over my flesh at a visible speed.
The unbearable cold made me out of control.
Upon seeing this, Noreen’s expression shifted drastically while her lips wiggled with a hint of alarm. She was obviously trying to say something to me, but I couldn’t hear anything at the moment.
Noreen grabbed my hand and shook it hard.
The uncontrollable force in my body slowed for a second. At this time, I could hear Noreen’s restless voice.
“Stop it, Sylvia! The power in your body is getting out of control!”
Stop what?
Before I could even think about it, I felt like I was plunged back into the ice and snow abyss.
I didn’t have the time to chase after her, so I quickly turned back into my human form and went to check on Sylvia.
Her eyes were completely black and her body was as cold as ice.
“Sylvia, wake up! It’s Rufus! Can you hear me?” I was overcome with agitation. I took my coat off, wanting to wrap it around her to keep her warm.
But Sylvia struggled against me. It felt like she didn’t recognize me anymore. She grabbed my hand and bit it hard.
Groaning in pain, I didn’t pull my hand away, but repeatedly called out to her.
As I was doing this, crows flew into the room from the window. Sylvia seemed to have sensed their presence. She loosened her grip on me and transferred her attention to the crows.
The menacing aura around her began getting stronger. Her entire body was filled with the power of destruction.
Burning with anxiety, I was afraid that she would lose complete control.
But I couldn’t help her snap back to her senses by simply calling her name.
The number of crows surrounding her were rapidly increasing.
Like a puppet whose strings were being pulled by someone, Sylvia attacked me.
I was worried that Leonard’s corpse would be damaged, so I tried my best to get her out of the room first.
However, she didn’t fall for it. Instead, she stood still and stared at Leonard’s body.
My gut churned ominously. Sylvia rushed to the bed where Leonard’s corpse was placed at lightning speed.
I instantly intercepted her and wrapped my arms around her waist quickly. “Babe, that’s your father. We shouldn’t disturb him!”
Sylvia squirmed in my hold for a while. But all of a sudden, she stopped struggling. A second later, I heard the sound of chewing.
I turned her around in confusion. Her actions frightened me. I quickly reached out to scoop the flowers out of her mouth. “You can’t eat them!”
I didn’t know how old the flowers were. Eating them would be harmful for her stomach.
But Sylvia didn’t pay me any heed. She grabbed the flowers beside the bed and quickly stuffed them in her mouth. It seemed that she was craving them.
I could feel a headache coming on. I seized her hands and snatched the flowers from her.
Then I threw them away, intending to ask someone to clean them up later.
Sylvia became even grimmer when the flowers were out of her reach.
She watched me with her deep black eyes, the anger in them clearly visible. Even the crows were terrified and stopped cawing.
I glanced at the flowers, an idea suddenly popping into my head.
Rufus’ POV
Using the flowers in my hand, I managed to successfully lure Sylvia to an open space.
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