Forbidden forest

I woke up with a heavy feeling in my head, it was like I had not slept in days which would not be wrong. The nagging feeling inside my stomach was not leaving, the dream I had was too real to be a nightmare.

Something was not right, it was not about the blood moon.

I rubbed my head and looked at Orion's side of the bed only to find it empty.

With a sigh, I picked up the note that he had left on the table, 'I had to make some preparations for the ritual, will be back soon.'

The ritual.

What was the ritual anyway? How could Orion trust these witches so much?

I knew what I was going to do next. I quickly got ready and ran towards the place where the witches were staying. Before getting closer I put on the smile I had mastered in years.

The man who came with Celia last night was sitting on the ground, he threw me a look but did not say a word and continued his work. He was carefully removing petals from a plant I had never seen before in this pack. The flowers were blood red and whit