Chapter 176: Waking up after a decade.

  Stella took some time to calm down. She walked around outside without care, bathing in the moonlight, enjoying the wind, while trying to get James out of her mind. She had to admit he was still quite handsome. She remembered meeting him for the first time. She had never seen anyone as beautiful as him before. She had noticed the way he looked at her and wondered if what happened tonight was because of this feeling between them. Did he in some way remember her?   She stayed outside longer to clear her head before she returned to the cave, hoping he would have long composed himself. But when she walked into the cave, she suddenly felt dizzy, and her body weakened. Before she could react, a group of humans jumped out and tied her up. By the time Stella woke up, she had been tied to a pyre waiting to be burned. The villagers kept chanting to burn someone. Stella was confused. Burn who?   “Witch! Burn her!” they chanted as they threw things at her. Stella still felt weak and could ba