"The freak and the freak," Taylor smirked as we got out of his car. "Who would've guessed."
"Shut up, Taylor!" I hissed.
Riley grabbed me and pulled me tight into his side until I calmed down. We sat in the back of the class holding hands between the aisle.
When Taylor glared at us I would kiss him and smirk at her.
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It's been 2 months, my birthday was just 70 days away and I was super excited, yet super scared. Me and Riley both knew what happened to a witch on her 17th birthday. She either turns into an ugly hag like the witches little kids dress up as for Halloween, or they follow a friendly path and use there powers for good, to help the world. Most girls in my family turn out good. However a family curse may cause me to go bad.
You see, a long time ago, think.. Civil war. My great-great-grandmother used a forbidden curse to murder a mortal and eat her heart to gain ever lasting youth and beauty which turned her into a disgusting hag. And the only way to keep her looking beautiful was to eat the hearts of beautiful, youthful, mortal women.
My great-aunt turned bad on her 17th birthday and uses the same method to stay beautiful.
You wouldn't think it would be a problem if I didn't look.. Exactly like her.
Riley knows too. But he tells me I can fight it. That I'll get past it. I'll beat the curse. He tells me I have too good of a heart and too beautiful of a face to turn evil. He told me he wouldn't let me go bad. But he knows I don't have a choice. The curse will take it tole. So we cherish our time together knowing after my birthday I may not even remember him.
I'm trying to fight it, but I can feel it slowly taking over me. And I don't want to hurt Riley, so I've been reading old books. Looking for the curse, and the cure. I love him to much and I don't want to hurt him.
Riley's P.O.V
Her birthdays soon and I can see her suffering under the curse. I'm starting to believe I might actually lose the girl I love. I cry myself to sleep at night and I've been having nightmares since her pocket watch locket has starting counting down the days, hours,minutes, even seconds until the curse takes her instead of counting the time.
I told her to stop wearing it cause it kills me to watch her fade away. But she says if she takes it off it will appear on her neck only minutes later.
