I stood beside my friends as the people of that village continued to yell. They wanted us all to do the ritual even after Lorina had told them I would only participate.
“These people won’t leave us alone until we all agree,” Ava said.
“We have to show them that we are not cursed.” Denise also said.
“You guys can’t go through with this,” I said. Riley looked at me.
“And why can’t we?” She asked.
“You are mortal and I am not. I will survive this.” I added.
Riley scoffed. “You badly have no powers left. How are you going to make it out alive?”
“I will. Lorina said you can only get burned by the fire if you are cursed and, obviously, we are not.” I stated. I wouldn’t want my friends to go through with this too, but I had no choice. These people wouldn’t stop until we went through
