Cursed

NIKOLAI'S POV:

Hazel was awfully quiet as we drove away from Richard's resident.

It was a full moon night but it looked like it might rain later. Dark clouds were forming, gradually obscuring the moon from sight.

We were alone in the car; I had instructed Kwame and Vladimir to stay behind and wait for us.

Where were we going? The Flamecrest chateau.

A narrow road led deep inside the forest. The deeper we drove the more quieter and eerie it gets.

"You know, now that I think about it," Hazel began, breaking the silence. "Lord Richard maybe right after all. I am a devil."

I glanced at her. She was leaning her head against the window, her eyes sad.

"What makes you say that?" I asked.

"As far as I remember," she began softly. "I never had any friends. Mom and Dad never let me and my brothers play with the other kids. We were isolated from everyone else."

"That must be hard," I managed to say.

Hazel continued. "My brothers and I were home schooled. We had this big open field where w