Chapter 23: LEOPARD!

"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