Boon or bane- Part 1

Rain continued to fall down from the sky, washing away the top of the soil and picking up the mud as it ran down the slope next to where the Rune mansion was located. Clouds continued to growl while the girl stood in one of the corridors with absolute horror-struck on her face.

She looked terrified, terrified of the man who stood in front of her and the creature behind him.

"I thought you were a normal girl, a human like any other but who knew that the boy had found a gem," Lord Nicholas commented, his arms crossed across his chest, "It seems that you possess an ability. A rare one at that. Mind shedding light on it, hmm?" he asked her with him still smiling which unnerved her.

The more seconds passed by the more her breathing got shallower and shorter as if death was standing close to her which would strike at any moment. She shouldn't have come here. She should have stayed at the Carmichael mansion even if she had to answer people's question and face them.