An Evil Blessing

"What!?" Equinox screamed loudly while she was talking on the phone. "Are you sure the person who attacked you is Larissa Perez!?"

"I am damn sure!" Anastasia nodded and looked outside her window to see anyone there. "Her name was Larissa Perez, Mimi would never lie to me."

Equinox got anxious when she heard her name. "Ohh no! I don't understand what she wants now?" She looked away in frustration.

"Wait! Does that mean you know that woman?" Anastasia became suspicious.

"Yeah... I know her very closely." She became very mad by thinking about them. "You don't know what Larissa and her brother did to me in the 1400s." Equinox tried to control her anger. "I'll tell about them later but first, most importantly... Go cover your door with salt. Alright?" She explained.

"But why with salt?" Anastasia became confused.

"Because it blocks bad energies and traps them outside your house. That's why please do it fast so they can't come inside your house."

Anastasia agreed to do it. "Alright."

Before she could hang up the call, Equinox thought about Ezen's odd behavior earlier. That's why she got more anxious. "But wait! Did something happened to you before? Are you okay?"

"Yeah... I collapsed on the floor after using all of my power while casting the spell to throw Larissa out of the house." She smiled. "But don't worry I am okay now. My body got healed on it's own."

"Thank goodness you are safe" Equinox sighed with relief. "You guys should break your soul bounding as soon as possible. If we delay it longer then I don know what might happen next."

When she heard this, Anastasia got worried. "Wait! If I was unconscious then does that mean, he also?"

"Yes... It affected him too. He is still in the unconscious state."

"What!?" Anastasia became stunned. "But I am awake now! Shouldn't he be awake too?"

Equinox tried to calm her down. "Relax! Don't worry about him. He is okay. He is just being extra dramatic because it was his first time being unconscious. Nothing else..."

Anastasia felt bad. "But I am still feeling guilty. Because of me, he is..."

"No! Don't feel anything like that." She warned. "Ezen is the one who screwed up and he should feel guilty about it, not you." She scolded her like an older sister. "But anyway, take care of yourself. Drink water and stay hydrated. Alright?"

"Okay," Anastasia chuckled. "Let me know if you plan on finding Larissa. I'll come there with you."

"As you wish..." Equinox smiled. "Bye, take care." Saying that, she hung up the phone.

"What a sweet girl." She kept the phone on the table and saw someone entering the room with a morose face.

She looked at Ezen and smiled sarcastically. "How was your sleep your highness!?"

"Shutup!" He rolled his eyes and sat on the sofa while clutching his head which was paining.

"Really!? Is this how you talk with your elders? Did your parents not thought you how to respect people?" Equinox crossed her arms.

"Don't talk about my parents. My father was neglectful and my mother..." Ezen sighed. "Well, she only saw me as a pawn. So please let's not mention them." he touched his head in pain. "Uggh, my brain feels like it is going to blow up."

"You are crying about small pain!? Do you know what happened with Anastasia?"

"What happened to her!?" He became so impatient that Equinox got stunned.

"You look very curious." She looked at him suspiciously. "Is there something going on between you two? Like an affair?" She smirked excitedly while thinking about it.

"What Nonsense! Do you think I will fall for any human?" He shrugged. "Impossible!" He rubbed his neck in embarrassment.

"But... I am only talking about having affair? Why did you thought about love?" She looked at him curiously. "Ezen, are you hiding something from me? See, you can tell me anything. I'll support you in your every decision. Okay?" She tried to reassure him but Ezen got more impatient.

"Just tell what happened to her and end it."

"How rude!" Equinox shrugged. "Fine! You know what happened? Larissa attacked Anastasia."

"What!? Why?" Ezen got confused. If Larissa wanted to attack someone then it should be him because he was the one who killed her. But Larissa going after Anastasia made no sense.

"Isn't it obvious!? She is doing this because of Lilith!"

"But why does Lilith want Anastasia? It can't be just because of powers. There is something that we don't know about."

"We'll see about her later. But first, let's focus on Julian and Larissa. We need to trap them somehow." She started to think. "But where?"

That's when she got an idea. "Wait! I completely forgot about it." Equinox became excited. "Tomorrow is the birthday of the river goddess. Oh god! How could I forget this?"

Ezen got confused by seeing her like this. "What does it has to do with trapping Larissa and Julian?"

"You idiot! That's the whole point. After 12 am, people will go near the river to celebrate her birth. And that time we'll trap them."

Trapping Larissa and Julian in that holy hours would be very easy. All they have to do is just call them near the river where the festival will begin.

No one can save them now.

Equinox was very optimistic about the plan. But Ezen started to find faults in it. "But I don't think they are dumb enough to enter our trap. Why will they come there when they know that it will get them in trouble?"

"Because of Anger. You know very well that Larissa hates to lose. And Anastasia defeated her even though she was weak. So I am damn sure that she might be filled with envy right now." She smiled while looking at the current scene that was unfolding very far away from here. She suddenly went into trance state.

***

Larissa sat on her knees in front of a soulless black statue of a woman. She was continuously weeping because she knew that Lilith is not going to let her leave that easily for the mistake she committed.

She looked at the statue with guilt and noticed the statue bleeding. Larissa got terrified by seeing that. She quickly opened her mouth to say something.

"Empress i...." Before she could say anything. The statue casted a red light and burned Larissa's body.

The whole dark cave was filled with Larissa's screams.

Her body was in full agony. Her fresh young skin started to melt in a second.

Even though Larissa was not alive, but still her body could feel all kinds of pain. It was the rule of being immortal. And she knew it!

When she was crying with pain. She heard a noise of a women who sounded very angry. "Well, Look who we have here? Larissa Perez, The Marchioness of the Stafford village." The voice laughed. "How did she end up here?"

Suddenly some unknown entity grabbed Larissa's neck and begin to choke her.

(I GaVe YoU One SiMPle TasK!!! But you idiot can't even do it properly.) Lilith's voice growled. (What's the point of being a 500 year old immortal, when you can't even defeat a newly skilled girl!?) She slammed larrisa's body on the wall.

Before Lilith could end Larissa's existence. Julian quickly came before her to protect his sister. "Empress please calm down." He tried to calm Lilith. "It's not Larissa's fault that she couldn't bring that girl before you."

Lilith became more angry. "Then!? Who's fault is it!? Mine!?"

Julian shook his head. "No, Empress you are misunderstanding me. We both know that not even a powerful demon of hell can do anything to that girl. So Larissa is no exception." He joined his hand before her. "Please empress. Give us few days. I promise I will sacrifice that girl in front of you. If we failed then drag us back to hell. I don't mind. But please just give us chance."

Lilith also agreed to their condition and made Larissa's body normal again. "Fine, but I will only give you 3 days. If you don't complet your task then I will undo the voodoo magic by myself."

"As you wish Empress" Julian bowed before her. "All I need is your blessing."

Lilith agreed to that and magically transported a dagger in Julian's hand. "Here you go. Stab that wench with this dagger. It won't kill her... But it will keep her unconscious for few minutes. Use it wisely. It can only be used once."

Saying that, Lilith's shadow again went inside the statue.

Julian, who was determined to sacrifice Anastasia, called someone inside the cave.

Later, A black hooded woman came inside the cave and bowed before Lilith's statue. No one could even see her face properly.

"What am I supposed to do?" She said with a calm demeanor.

"You need to take Anastasia in a quiet place and stab her with this thing." Julian handed her a dagger. "When she becomes unconscious. I will come to take her. Understand?"

The woman nodded and went outside without saying anything. She clenched the dagger tightly and prayed her task will be successful.

It will be quite easy for her to stab Anastasia. After all, she didn't wanted to led down Lilith.

***

Equinox who just got visions about the dagger, suddenly understood what was happening.

She quickly dialled Anastasia's number and told her to come near the Cobalt river.

Anastasia was sleepy but still, she agreed to go there. because she thought it has to do something with Larissa Perez.

She quickly got out from her bed and went to change her clothes.

Seeing Equinox in the panic state. Ezen asked her about it.

Equinox bitted her nails and said. "Remember the 1st vision I got a few days ago? In that, I saw a knife being covered with blood." She started to panic. "I feel like it is going to happen now."

"What!?" Ezen became shocked.

"We don't have time anymore. It's already late. I hope Anastasia reach there safely." She changed her face as someone else and was ready to leave. "Come! Let's go."