CHAPTER 20

Everything was shaking, everything was shaking as if an earthquake was upon the land, or was it me? At this point I did not know. Sweat trickled all over my body, the witches chanting like they had for hours and hours, the pain only getting worse, nothing working as more and more blood spilled out of my mouth, all of us now on a pool of my own blood. Husband left, he had to for everyone's safety. All the people had climbed down from the seats, a circle around me, kneeling, sombre faces haunting them. What should have been a great day turned to something no one would ever talk about.

No one knew what to do, the witches were failing with all their powers combined yet they did not stop, they did not want to let down their king at the time where he most needed them but as blood trickled down their own noses they did not give up. They got more and more louder, even those that were barely kids kneeling and chanting not giving up, their white dresses painted red with t