AMIRA I staggered through the narrow streets of the town. My body ached after transforming back to a human. I was hungry, thirsty and on the brink of death but I was not going to give up now. The forest had been farther from the main town than I had expected. It took me almost a day on foot to get to the entrance of the small town. So far, I have seen not even a single soul and it has me wondering if the town is habited at all or if I had used the spell wrongly and ended up in the wrong place—a ghost town. The sky above me was slowly turning to a dark shade of orange and pink hues as another day rolled to its end. I could not even afford to appreciate the beauty of the weather as all I could focus on was the unbearable heaviness of my limbs. My breaths came in ragged gasps and my body

