"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 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

All went well like how he had told me. Going back to check on the leopard, it was fine already so I had to leave the forest. I wanted to see my husband. I was longing to hug him for hours, to whisper ' l love you ' in his ear thus confessing my love to him. I wanted to confort him because I knew he was still thinking about what his mother did to him. Trying to perform a spell to vanish from the Dark forest, I failed for ten times I tried."What's happening with me? Why can't I do a spell. Why can't I use my powers anymore?"I wondered.I then thought back about Mike, how would he leave this forest if he doesn't come back with his magic. I went back to the blood lake to check if he had managed to come back to life but no. He wasn't there but instead there was a feather that looked to be of an owl. It was white with black spots."Could this mean Mike has already come back to life? Did he leave this behind for me?"I thought. "I think I should take it with me for remembrance of him." I th

When we reached somewhere, we heard someone breathing. "Wait a second. Do you also hear that? It's like someone is finding it hard to breathe. Let's go and have a look."I said.My detective star stopped at the same place but Mom wasn't there."What's wrong with your star. I mean it has stopped moving and mother-in-law isn't here."he was getting terrified about the situation."This could only mean one thing, mother is somewhere close to us though we can't see her.""I still don't understand what you are saying to me.""I have a feeling that my mother is under the ground. That man is so powerful and strong. Maybe he defeated, killed and buried her somewhere."I said."You are getting me scared. Your mother is also powerful, isn't she? So how is it possible?" "My mother is powerful but remember she is just a hex. She is partly human too."I explained."You are right. But what are we going to do now. That man is going to be our king soon and I hope you know the results of that.""Yes I kn

As mother kept looking around, her eyes landed on my dead body somewhere on the ground. "Artie, noooo!"she screamed before running to my body. Maybe Anu thought I had come back because he turned immediately and ran after her but all his hopes were shattered when he saw mother carry my body in her arms and cried pools of tears. The whole situation was getting Anu emotional that he couldn't hold his tears any longer."Why did you do this to me dear."mother cried. Maybe she had lost her mind too."I think we should take her to your house."mother suggested."No mother. We don't have to do that."Anu said."What do you mean by that?""I tried my best to read Artie's mind when she was ready to be attacked. Do you know what I found there?""What was that?""She didn't want my mother to know anything about her death, that's why we can't take her home. At least let's fulfill her last wish."Anu explained."What's else did you find there.""Love."Anu hurried to say."Love! For whom?""For us, es