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A curse?

Author: Dancing Pen
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-04 23:27:52

ARIA.

THE blinding light was back.

I closed my eyes and crossed my hand over my face to protect myself from being scorched under it. My hands trembled and my body shook.

I looked around, but I was no longer in the ruin.

This time, I was back in my old house. My adopted mother stood at the doorway, her arms wide open to receive me. I rushed to her, ready to engulf her in a hug.

But the glow came, standing between us.

I tried to evade it but it only burned brighter and scarier.

"Mother!" I yelled, even as I stood on my toes to catch a glimpse of her.

"Aria!" She shouted back.

I rushed around the glow, but it seemed to follow me everywhere.

"Be careful." The familiar voice from the glow, the same one that spoke to me in that ruin when it first appeared, warned.

"Aria!" My mother's voice came the moment the glow finished warning me. It was no longer one of joy and expectation. It was filled with horror.

Panic surged through me as I tried to get a glimpse, but each attempt kept being foi
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    ARIA.THE blinding light was back.I closed my eyes and crossed my hand over my face to protect myself from being scorched under it. My hands trembled and my body shook.I looked around, but I was no longer in the ruin.This time, I was back in my old house. My adopted mother stood at the doorway, her arms wide open to receive me. I rushed to her, ready to engulf her in a hug.But the glow came, standing between us. I tried to evade it but it only burned brighter and scarier."Mother!" I yelled, even as I stood on my toes to catch a glimpse of her."Aria!" She shouted back. I rushed around the glow, but it seemed to follow me everywhere."Be careful." The familiar voice from the glow, the same one that spoke to me in that ruin when it first appeared, warned."Aria!" My mother's voice came the moment the glow finished warning me. It was no longer one of joy and expectation. It was filled with horror.Panic surged through me as I tried to get a glimpse, but each attempt kept being foi

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