Lara and The Mansion in the Woods

Eilif's POV

Eilif’s POV

As I sat here, I contemplated on whether to tell her the truth or not. If I don’t tell her, I’d be stuck in this God forsaken place forever but if I do, she might fulfill and finish what I started. Everything will change and I’ll finally be free. But if I took the shot… . I don't know, but if it means the end of all this, I’m going to help her, for the sake of everyone. It will give rest to our weary souls.

Besides, someone did this for us before. He lived on, until that witch found out about what he did. She mercilessly banished him to suffer in the depths of his sorrows. Great! More ways of punishment if I failed, each one worse than the last.

I don't clearly remember my life, just a few pieces. A few, but still enough for me to reveal the truth. The mistakes and wrong turns I did resulted to all of this, if only I did better, things won't come to this point. Maybe this girl in front of me won't end up in the same house, facing the same problem. This curse adds up to the problem of course. I can think whatever I want in my head, but the words will always be different when it goes out of my mouth. It's like fighting with my own mouth whenever it doesn't obey my command.

This is the result of her curse. She made me remember the day she cursed my mind to not remember a thing about the house. She manipulated my speech, making me speak in rhymes. She made me forget about her name, her face, and the most hurtful of all, she made me remember how it felt. In my memories, I see a blank face and I never hear a name. Fortunately, I countered the spells before she completely finished it which helped me save some of my memories. I never knew how my spell affected her but I know it will take her a while to figure it out.

Now I am sitting in this place. The only place in my heart that was left. A special place I tried to preserve to serve as my place of peace. The one I kept to help the next one. I’ll do whatever it takes even if it takes what’s left of me.

This is the only moment I can tell her, she'll either die fighting or die naïve and get stuck in this place along with the other kids they killed before her. I've decided, but I have to be careful when saying the words.