"Don't fear me please wife. Am not going to hurt you but I just wanna hear you say you love me."he said with his eyes on me."Is that all I need to do?" I asked confused."Yes, only that."he said." Aren't you scared of me?"he added."No. Why should I be?" I lied yet inside my heart was beating faster than ever and so loud too."Are you sure?" He asked with a concerned tone.Sitting closer to him I grabbed his hairy face between my hands, leaned over and whispered "I love you, husband."Wait! Did I mean it or I lied because he wanted to hear me say so?Just like that he became normal again, he returned to his human form. "You are so stubborn Anu."I said with relief when he turned back to normal. "You scared me."I added."Am so sorry Artie. I didn't intend to scare you but you know what I have finally believed what my mom told me."he said."Your mom? What did she tell you?"I asked curious. I wanted to know everything about her. I believed she was evil since she was capable of biting me
"You're a terrible person mother. You used the innocent person for your own good."I pointed with a disappointed expression on my face."I know. Am such a terrible person but what else could I have done. I did all that for your own good and survival."she said."Do you still have him under your control? Does he know the truth about you? I mean does he know you are a witch?"I asked."Yes. He knows everything about me now. By the time he learnt the truth about me, he was already in love with me and couldn't back off. Strange things happened on the day when you were born. Witches and demons came to congratulate me and when he asked about them, I told him the truth except for one thing.""What's that mother.""He doesn't know that you are not his child."she said as her eyes got flooded with tears."I understand why you chose not to tell him the truth about me. Your intentions were good and I don't blame you for anything so don't cry mother." I comforted her as I enveloped her with a hug."
Looking around I saw a knife in the fruit basket. Walking backwards to reach for it, he followed me and that's when I stabbed him on the stomach. Seeing him bleeding I panicked and got scared when he stared at me with angry blue eyes as he turned into a big bat."Oh God! How would I trace his heart now. Why has he turned into a bat this time? Did he know I wanted to stab him on the chest? Did he somehow find about our plan? I panicked as I tried to think correctly. "No Artie, this isn't the right time to get scared. You have to be brave and strong so you can find out what these people are up to."I said to myself."Am so sorry Anu but am left with no other choice."I whispered into his ear as I get hold of my dagger to stab him while shaking terribly."Am so sorry mother. For sure I can't do this anymore. I have caused so much pain to him already. I need to rectify my mistake." I breathed as I dropped my dagger down. It was like mother had been somewhere close watching me because she ap
Looking around, the magical walls were no more. I wasn't safe anymore. For a moment I got a strange feeling. A line appeared on the ground leading to somewhere so I followed it. It stopped at the previous abandoned place. "Why am I back to this place?"I asked myself. Maybe something compelled me to. "Artie, Artie."someone kept repeating my name."Who are you?"I asked while shaking terribly."You will soon find out."he replied."Show yourself if you aren't a coward."I provoked."Help please.""Why should I help you, I even don't know you. What if you aren't a good person."I said."Please save me."he cried and I could feel he was really suffocating from underground."I know this is very dangerous but I have no other choice my dear. You are the only one who can help me bring me back to life. You are partly demon and witch too, there's nothing impossible for you."he pointed."How did you know about me?"I was getting terrified."I know you very well my child."he cried."Child? Are you my
Waiting impatiently for things to work by themselves like how mother had promised, nothing happened. "This can't be happening to me." I panicked when nothing happened yet Anu had started to undress himself. Opening my eyes slowly to look at him, I couldn't believe what my eyes saw. His fangs had elongated while his eyes darkened as his nails turned to crawls."OMG! What would happen to me if my powers don't work out?" I shook my head at the thought. Still wondering, I felt a cold arm caressing my waist. "He has started his mission already. What do I do now."I breathed inwardly as I opened my eyes again to look at my shining ring. "You really can't do this to me please. What don't you see that he has already started his mission."I yelled at the ring and a sound escaped my lips."Artie." Anu called me but I couldn't answer because I knew he was trying to see if I was awake.When I didn't answer, l heard him breathing with relief. For a moment my breath was taken away when I felt soft
"I will bring him back no matter what happens."I said trying to get up on my legs."So brave! But this bravery of yours might not work on me tonight. Am sure you still want to live, am I right? Going against me would shut down all of your future hopes. I advise you to stay back and let me do my task. I had unfinished businesses before I was burnt from here." He said biting his lip."Unfinished businesses?"I repeated his words."Well you see I made a deal with your parents. Your mother couldn't conceive for more than a hundred years, she was barren so they came to my house for some help. I agree to help them but on two conditions. The first was that your mother would spend a night with me after confirming her pregnancy and the second one was that their child would later be my daughter-in-law of which they didn't fulfill. And when I came here to remind them about our deal, I ended up getting burnt alive." He said developing long fangs that got me scared."Thank God they never fulfilled
"I even forgot that you have grown into an intelligent woman, my daughter. Am proud of you. And yes, you are right, you don't need to explain yourself to anybody.""Keep updating me about the situation.""Alright then. I will get going." And just like that she disappeared.Heading to our room I felt so guilty. I wondered what happened when Anu found out that it was my shadow that was in bed with him. I couldn't gather the courage to face him at a moment so with the help of my powers, I became invisible and entered the room. Surprisingly Anu was tied up with chains but he was in his normal form. "If he didn't change, then why did they chain him up here?" I asked myself."Anu, what's wrong? Why are you being chained up? Is everything okay?" I asked. Of course I felt concerned about him. He was my husband after all and mother had asked me to focus on my marriage."Artie. Are you back and alright?"that's what he said before turning into a statue."No Anu. You can't leave me alone and go l
"I am but mother..""Shuhhhh! No ifs and buts. You have to find it or else you might lose Anu for good. This poison is very dangerous. His mother used the same ashes to put him in this condition and the only way to cure him is to sprinkle him with the solution of that ash and your blood."she said."My blood? Are you sure mother?""Yes dear. This is the only way to revive your husband.""Where will I find the leopard's bone and how sure would I be that it's a leopard's bone?""There's one way for you to be sure about that. You will attack the leopard, get a bone from its flesh and make sure it remains alive and healthy. If anything happens to that leopard after using its bone, Anu would die too."she warned."So I have to go hunting?" "Yes. But not from anywhere you feel like, you will have to hunt for it from the Dark forest." She said emphasizing 'dark forest'."I have never heard about this. Where is it found?" Mother's words were making me lose my courage. In fact I was turning int