It started with the world spinning.
One moment, I was staring at Pixie...my Pixie on her knees beside Venus grandpa, her silver hair stained with blood, horns cutting out of her skull like blades of obsidian.
And then, everything started to blur.
The trees and shrubs around me started to bend, and the figures of everyone around me started turning blurry.
My stomach dropped as if the ground had tilted beneath me.
"Pixie…" I whispered, but my voice sounded far away, echoing back at me through thick fog.
I wanted to run to her, to hold her, to protect her from Venus, from whatever this curse was, but my legs felt heavy.
Each drag of breath inside my lungs felt like a big task, and the ringing inside my head grew louder and louder.
That's when it happened.
A sharp gust of mana tore through the air.
My instincts screamed at me even before my eyes caught the shadow.
One of the elders was speeding at my figure.
