I blinked repeatedly from the noxious smoke as tears poured down my cheeks in rivulets. Then, not being able to contain the emotions welling up inside me any longer, I let out a cry of despair that I hadn't heard come from me since I saw the bloody, lifeless body of my poor dead dog, Maddy. Her head having been caved in by the chrome bumper of that dick’s Chevy. And, with that, came the great flood. Wind and rain began pouring into the forest from seemingly every direction. Fulminating thunder and lightning taking turns flashing and blaring from over top of the mountain. Powerful gusts and walls of rain hammered down, battering the curtains of flames, weakening them and ultimately putting them out as if someone had turned off the
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You and your mother are the last of the Barretts, and if you’re gone, there will be no stopping Abellona from finally wiping out the rest of this village and taking every last soul hostage. Witches like me and my sisters here, and even Katelyn, will never be powerful enough to destroy her. Don't you see, Cera... It’s only you and your mother, witches who’d been granted their gifts by a higher power, by Mother Hecate, who can put an end to all of this and free this village of Abellona and her curse. And, we just thought that...” I watched as Terra paused collecting her thoughts. “We just thought that if we could find the seal, the source of Abellona’s power allowing her to stay here in this realm and had destroyed it. At the very least, it would weaken her to the point of making her mortal. Allowing you and your mother the time needed to build up your powers to where you could fight and kill her.” Even though her plan seemed idiotic, perhaps suicidal, I couldn't be upset with Terra. After all, at the heart of it, her true intentions were just looking out for me and my family. Still, that didn't change the fact that we were in the middle of the forest after dark, halfway up Mount Harrison, and had one wicked bitch out to get us now that she knew where we were and what we were up to. Oh, yeah, and to add to things, Katelyn was still missing with my
You and your mother are the last of the Barretts, and if you’re gone, there will be no stopping Abellona from finally wiping out the rest of this village and taking every last soul hostage. Witches like me and my sisters here, and even Katelyn, will never be powerful enough to destroy her. Don't you see, Cera... It’s only you and your mother, witches who’d been granted their gifts by a higher power, by Mother Hecate, who can put an end to all of this and free this village of Abellona and her curse. And, we just thought that...” I watched as Terra paused collecting her thoughts. “We just thought that if we could find the seal, the source of Abellona’s power allowing her to stay here in this realm and had destroyed it. At the very least, it would weaken her to the point of making her mortal. Allowing you and your mother the time needed to build up your powers to where you could fight and kill her.” Even though her plan seemed idiotic, perhaps suicidal, I couldn't be upset with Terra. After all, at the heart of it, her true intentions were just looking out for me and my family. Still, that didn't change the fact that we were in the middle of the forest after dark, halfway up Mount Harrison, and had one wicked bitch out to get us now that she knew where we were and what we were up to. Oh, yeah, and to add to things, Katelyn was still missing with my