Chapter 67

The room remained quiet after Merida had told them her story. “I’m sorry you had to go through all that,” Amanda said softly. Merida nodded at the comment but didn’t want to respond; she was tired of talking and just wanted to get out of there. She walked back over to the Grimoires that were laid out on top of the table and started to close them one by one. “It’s time for us to focus on casting the curse on Emil,” she muttered. Vita walked up at that moment and overheard what Merida had been discussing. “I need to break the curse on Deak before you give your ultimatum to Emil,” Vita informed. Merida sighed with frustration, but she understood. The young witch was in love, and it was Merida’s fault that the spell even existed. She needed to stay and help Vita find a loophole to rid this Deak guy of the curse. “That guy is my cousin, and he’s put his neck out for almost all of us and risked his life on more than one occasion. He’s worthy of being saved.” Amanda said. “I’m sorry; I