Capítulo 76: Chapter 76

The body the spirits had taken over twitched and stumbled as they directed it after the woman. She couldn't open the box. She needed to be destroyed. The souls of the spell had long forgotten their lives, their reason. The only thing that remained was the spell, which kept them from leaving this world. The spell that kept them from truly and finally dying. The spell they would kill to protect.

As for the new voice that joined them but screamed a different tune? His wishes didn't matter. They'd assimilate him and change his way of thinking soon enough.

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This time there was no door at the end of the tunnel just an archway that Breanna burst through, chest heaving and panting.

Upon an altar of gold sat the stupid box. She hated it on sight.

No time to admire the view though because a heavy weight crashed into her back. Down they went in a tangle of limbs to hit the hard floor.