ALMOND
With my belongings in hand, I hurried down the stairs where Isla was patiently waiting for me. I had sent Alvah a message saying we were going out for a girls' hangout because I knew he would be worried if I hadn't given him an explanation. I was doing this for answers, not for my own pleasure, but to help Alvah find the cure.
That’s what I kept telling myself as we drove off to the location Isla had described to the driver. My heart beat faster as I contemplated what the witch was going to say. I hoped to be the cure and not someone who would bring bad luck to him. I had grown to accept him as a part of me, and doing everything I could to help him was part of my duty.
I sighed as the car came to a halt in an isolated place, surrounded by bushes, with the only house in sight bein
