The Ritual

MIA

I stared at the sunken face and hollow eyes that were staring at me and I felt goosebumps crawling up my skin.

“Who the hell are you?!” I blurted out, trying to hide the fear that was evident in my voice.

“I'm your destiny and doom, Mia, pick your poison,” he answered in an eerie voice.

It was a bit dark in this part of the woods and I couldn't see the man properly but I could have sworn that his face was an empty skeleton.

I stared at Leo, but he was looking away clearly frightened. Could this be the master he told me about?

“I don't like to be kept waiting, Mia,” his eerie voice sounded again, causing another wave of goosebumps.

“What?” I was confused.

Olivia’s evil laugh reached my ear as she walked up to me.

“Did you come here willingly or were you forced, that's what he means,” she explained.

I frowned, staring at her suspiciously. Even though she had just laughed at me she still explained what he meant. Could she be correct?

By the way, the man stared at me expectant