Chapter 4 Only one of them...

Only one of them...

Myra was tired, and those bangs were horrible. She felt dizzy and finally, she fell unconscious. Her grandma was anxious and asked her servant to take her to rest.

She came forward,

"The ceremony is completed, so I request all of you to return, without causing any more trouble,"

Everyone started making noise, grunting howling, roaring, screeching, all those irritating sounds coming from one place. After a while, it was silent, they all left and the mansion was peaceful again.

Myra was still unconscious, she was in a deep sleep,

In her dreams, she saw two huge harpies approaching her, coming near, nearer, pulling her and making a whizz, but she screamed and put her hands on her lips and opened her eyes, she was on her bed and there was no one around, she took a long breath,

"hoo...not again, so that was a dream, but what kind of steamy dream was that....and who were they, it felt real"

she moved her hands toward her neck, there was a chain, she whacked with shock,

"What, so it was not completely a dream, it was real, but what was that? not a wedding, not a birthday then what was that?"

she crawled down from her bed and stood up before the long mirror to see an old chain wrapped around her neck, but it was different from what she saw yesterday, it is attached to a pendant, a bright red stone, she touched it and it twinkled,

"What kind of magic is this?",

Then, the words of her grandma echoed in her ears,

"She is the Goddess of the red stone, ....goddess, ...sounds great, but why do I feel fear instead of happiness, I need to ask"

She rushed to her grandma's room curiously, to ask her about the dramatic ceremony held yesterday, but unknowingly heard her cousin sisters chatting with each other.

"I envy her, I don't know about the others but those two men who came up for her were handsome, oohhh.....so manly, I would die to have them"

"ya I agree..!!"

"Shut up girls, I heard from mom that, it is not simple, that red stone is not a boon, it's a curse...!!"

" what..!!"

"What...?, what else do you know?"

Myra heard their conversation and her curiosity hit the pinnacle, she didn't interrupt them but was silently listening to what they were murmuring,

"Mom told me to keep it a secret,"

"hey there shouldn't be a secret among sisters," said one of them,

"That curse was given to one of our ancestors, she fell in love with a..."

a sighing sound from the door came and they all kept silent,

" what the hell are you doing here, Myra"

Sarah was standing behind Myra, staring at her,

"I was just passing by,"

Myra said passing by her side to go down to her grandma's room, she was never on good terms with her sisters.

Her mind was fussing off,

" What curse, am I cursed? uhh... those bitches, aah... I wanna kill them all, can't they finish their talk..."

she went to her grandma's room and knocked, her grandma was expecting her, so before she could call out for her she said,

"I know you'll be here, but I'll explain everything when you are calm, now go back to your room, and calm down"

Myra was desperate,

"no, I want my answers now...right now...!!"

Her grandma opened the door and took her in, she dragged Myra to a secret door inside her room,

no one ever entered her grandma's room, except Mrs. Gudino, it was a huge door with so many things on it, some Scriptures in different languages were written on it, Myra tried to understand, or at least read the words but that language, bounced from her head before it could enter, her grandma held her hand to a stone on the door,

The door started emitting light, a bright white light, it didn't open, but Myra was dragged in alone,

"grandma...!! Are you there, grandma...!!"

but no response, no sound at all, silence eroded her will.

It was a dark place, with no lights inside, she went in shivering to see if anyone was around,

"Is anyone here?...grandma...!!"

she walked forward,

"Hello, Myra..."

Myra was appalled to hear a deep, bold voice calling her name,

"Who..? who's that?"

"Don't fear my child, I can't harm you," someone moving towards her from the dark said,

"Who are you? and why am I here?" Myra asked in a shivering tone,

A candle was lit and a gorgeous lady in her middle age appeared in a white cloudy dress, her allure was far from any other lady, Myra had ever seen,

"Are you the moon goddess?" she asked hesitatingly,

ha... ha... ha... that woman laughed loudly, and that was terrifying, Myra's heart was whacking out, that lady came near her,

"do I look like a goddess to you? that's funny, I am more like a witch,"

Myra was glaring at her surprisingly, twinkling her beautiful blue eyes,

"those eyes of yours, I love them,"

she came near her again and said,

"you are here, that means you are the chosen one, ash... that chain, that's mine, it's good on you"

she touched the chain on Myra's neck and moved her hand along her neckline to her chest and her waist,

" you are beautiful, indeed my descendant,"

Myra felt uncomfortable and puzzled,

"Please tell me, who are you? and what is all this?"

she cackled again,

" I am your great great great grandmother, and you are my descendant, my heritor,"

Myra's curiosity was killing her to know more,

"So you were the one to have this curse for the first time?"

She was furious to hear that,

"that is not a curse...!!, mind your words kiddo, " she yelled furiously,

Myra was frightened,

"they say it is a curse"

"It is a boon, a gift until you don't make it a curse, like what she did..."

Myra was shocked again,

" she...?who..?"

"that girl, who was supposed to be the heiress of this red stone before you," she said,

" What did she do?" Myra asked curiously,

"She fell in love with them, both of them,"

she came near to Myra, very near that she can feel her breath,

" don't ever do that"

Myra was bizarre, and asked,

" Do what?"

" in your life, you will get two options, both will be as alluring and attractive as heaven but you can choose only one..., only one of them... will be heaven and both will be hell"

everything was dark again and she opened her eyes in her grandma's bed,

Her grandma was sobbing,

"grandma are you alright,"

she turned to Myra and said,

" oh... baby, you are awakened"

she held Myra in her arms,

"I wish you could have a normal life, I wish I could change your fate..."

"Don't cry, grandma, I am willing to face my destiny,"

" no...!!, I won't allow them to tear down my precious flower, which I preserved for sixteen years"

Myra was surprised,

" I never saw you like this before, grandma I thought you hated me, so you keep your distance"

her grandma's eyes filled with tears again,

"We should not waste any more time, just pack your needs we will get out of this haunted place,"

Myra couldn't understand what her grandmother was saying,

"go, Myra... go... pack up your things, let's just get out of here before they start"

She urged Myra and was panicked,

" go... fast... meet me in half an hour in the parking yard, and don't tell anyone about this"

Myra got out of the room, her aunts were trying to hear what was going on inside the room, and when they saw Myra coming out, they rushed away...

Myra went to her room trembling with so many thoughts prowling in her mind...

" Is it a curse? But why was grandma behaving like that? Who are they?"

Myra was puzzled by many ifs and buts, ...

we too... What is going to happen to her? can she escape from the grip of the two merciless brutes....?

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