After Death, I Gave Up
"Leave first thing tomorrow. I'll give you an artifact. Use it to find the statue of the corrupted spirit and shatter it. That should break the spell. The person who set the trap will be undone by their own scheme and dead within a day. Don't worry about them. Evil people get what they deserve."
I nodded, said goodbye to Cassandra, and went back to my room alone. I hugged my knees on the bed, my eyes cold. 'Just wait,' I thought. 'I will make you pay.'
I followed Cassandra's instructions and said goodbye to my grandmother first thing the next morning, heading back to the city.
I stared at the artifact she had given me. It was a snake bracelet so lifelike it seemed to coil around my wrist as