#Chapter 403: Glimmer of Hope

Nina When Enzo and I finally pulled away from each other, his gaze fell onto the pile of vials and talismans that were sitting next to me on the bed. He frowned, furrowing his brow as he sat up. “What’s all that for?” he asked. I took a deep breath and began to recount everything the witch, Elara, had told me. Enzo listened intently, his expression shifting from curiosity to concern as I spoke. “The good news is that the baby and I are both healthy, and there’s no curse that she can find,” I said. “So either the fortune teller in the city was wrong, or she was a phony.” Enzo nodded slowly, listening quietly. “Anyway,” I continued, “the shadow entity… it’s not just a hallucination.” I continued to speak, telling Enzo every little detail. I told him all about the dark spirit that had somehow attached itself to me. There was no knowing if it was the same spirit that plagued my biological mother or if it was just a mere coincidence, but what mattered was that it seemed