11. Be Useful

Triana.

"What are you doing?" Triana stammered.

The witch who had cursed them both was her only hope of returning to her former life. But now that witch was dead. Vlador had killed her. Why did he kill her?

Suddenly, Triana felt a tightness in her throat, followed by a rumble in her stomach. The upheaval rose from her stomach to her throat, making her immediately bolt out of the witch's hut with her body slightly hunched over and her hand covering her mouth.

Once outside the door, Triana released her hand from her mouth to allow the contents of her stomach to come out. She coughed while clutching onto a wooden beam attached to the witch's hut wall. The world around her seemed to spin. If she wasn’t holding onto something, she was sure she would be lying on the ground by now.

Triana wasn't sure if the nausea came because she witnessed a gruesome murder right before her eyes or because she saw her only hope of breaking this curse die. Both shook her to the core.

Wiping her mouth with the