108: She’s More Important

Arnold’s POV

My head was spinning and so was everything around me, I felt like I was caught between two opposite worlds and they were slowly crushing me, a world were I and Layla were happy and another where she's a witch and there's an impending curse on my tail.

It still felt unbelievable whenever I thought of it, my sweet and shy Layla was a witch all this while? The timid girl that turned red and couldn't bear to use curse words? My goddess of purity and innocence that couldn't hurt a hair on anyone's head had a prophesy of doom hovering around her? Everything seemed too much for me handle when I was already at a dead end with overthrowing Ethan.

In the end, I loved Layla more than life itself so I’d still be willing to accept her as a witch over time.

But what bothered me even more was the fact that Ethan’s curse was meant for me and it was wrongfully imposed on him because of my father’s greed and cruelty. I should’ve been the one getting torn apart by bloodlust but I’d escaped