Alpha's Cursed Luna novel Chapter 46

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ELEANOR

I felt my body stir on the bed and suddenly, my eyes were forced open at the sound of vague whispers. Even now, I can hear it like she was still there, whispering into my ear.

‘Leave, Eleanor. Leave before it’s too late,’ She’d whispered the words into my ear as I stared at myself in the mirror of the dressing room that day. She was there too. Her curly red hair contradicted her empty grey eyes. I’d wondered whether it was her natural color. Her reflection showed she was standing a little far from me although I could feel her breath pressing against my ear. Like the surging wind signaling a time of despair about to transpire. Through me.

I had stared back into her gray eyes that didn’t seem to look directly at mine. Instead, her eyes stared seemingly through me. Into a dark space. Spinning around, I had waved my hand in front of her face, only to see no response of any sort. That was when I realized—she was blind.

My hand had still been waving in the air when Linda had abruptly grabbed my wrist, making me jump up in fright.

‘A war is brewing. You need to go. It’s too dangerous.’ Her lips quivered as she whispered. Her blind, empty silver eyes desperate. She was shaking and I had to grip onto her shoulder to help her maintain balance.

Furrowing my brows, I stared silently at her as she continued to whisper the same words. Over and over.

At the exact moment when I had placed my hand on hers because her nails painfully began to dig into my wrist, she shot her eyes up to me and gasped.

‘I could see…’ She whispered yet again.

I stumbled back, staring at her feeling incredulous.

‘What do you see?’ My growing curiosity forced my lips open and I just had to ask.

She went still for a few seconds, her eyes wide open with horror and extreme, raging fear.

‘What do you see, Linda?’ As I took small, fragile steps towards her, I felt as though my heart would rise like a bile out of my mouth with its extremely rapid beating.

She pointed a finger at me and said, ‘Death!’

My breathing stopped. My heart crumbled I felt my chest tightening inside me. I couldn’t breathe.

What was strange, though, was the way her voice sounded. The sound of two mixed voices of a gruff man and soft woman, which I believe the latter belonging to Linda. But the other… It sounded almost demonic.

I groped for something behind me once my butt hit the vanity table. Something…Anything I could use as a weapon to defend myself in case she turns into a hairy, mongering beast.

I managed to grab a hair curler laying atop the table near a tiny make-up set.

‘Great!’ Frowning, I thought to myself.

Right now Linda kept staring at me with owl-like eyes. A vibration oozing off her and the vibration seemed to be waving towards me. There was something with the way she looked into my eyes. It felt as though she can see right through me. As if…she knows.

I gasped at the unanticipated revelation, pointing the edge of the curler towards Linda who stood at mere meters in front of me.

‘How do you know?’ I managed to utter barely through a whisper.

‘How do you know… about the curse?’ Chewing my lower lip, I traveled my gaze over to her. All my hair stood on end, and I couldn’t seem to tear my gaze off her. Linda’s pointed finger trembled violently and, in a few seconds, her body began to convulse. Her eyes rolled back to her head and the next moment, she dropped her eyes and hand to the floor.

Her shoulders twitched, making my heart stop beating for one moment. All I could see now was her squared shoulders and bowed head, refusing to gaze into me once again.

What happened?

I gulped, suddenly aware of my parched throat. Rather than giving me a response, she snapped her head up, checking her surroundings.