Chapter Forty-Four - Revelation

Ella's POV

Flames licked at my skin, scorching, consuming, as shrieks of agony filled my ears. Shadowy figures danced in the inferno, their eyes malevolent red slits in the darkness.

I tried to run but my feet were entombed in stone. A sinister voice echoed from the void, growing louder, reverberating inside my skull.

"You cannot escape your fate...it comes for you, little Luna."

I awoke with a scream, bolting upright in bed as terror clenched my heart like a vice.

It took several shuddering breaths before I realized it had only been another nightmare - the same one that had plagued my sleep night after night.

But the vivid dreams refused to fade come morning. If anything, they grew more terrifyingly real. What did they portend? Were they glimpses of a future the curse wished to manifest? The not knowing filled me with a profound disquiet.

I rose unsteadily from the bed, the echoes of screams still ringing in my ears. I rubbed my arms, feeling chilled to the bone despite the warmth