The culprit behind the assaults

** * * * * Crystal's POV * * * * *

I rubbed my eyes and pinched myself several times to confirm that this was not really happening, that I was probably dreaming.

How could this be the woman that has raised me since I was eight?

She was always caring, nice and selfless, she was never greedy or desperate for power like this.

Now she acts like she has been possessed by an evil demon or someone has cast a spell on her, but what if I was wrong all those years?

What if my idea of her was not the actual truth? Perhaps I never really knew her, maybe this is the real her but she has only been pretending all these years.

I used to look up to this woman as a mentor, she taught me to value the little I have but today she wants me to hurt someone else just for the sake of power.

Someone cannot become this evil in just one day which can only mean that this is how she has always been, this is her true nature, how come I never saw it?

"Because it's not right Mum, I can't do it," I replied

Altho