Obscure episode 75

OBSCURE 🏚️ 🗝️
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BY RUTHIE LEE 🌸 🌸
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CHAPTER 75
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Tabitha pondered earnestly whether or not to go with what her mind has been set to do.
She would be going behind Zackary’s back to do the most outrageous.

“My dear friend will be here soon to perform the ritual” Roland suddenly said seeing Tabitha pace around the room

“Okay we have to hurry,” Tabitha smiled.

“Tabitha…” Zackary called. “Do you think what you’re doing is right?”
“I’m halfway doing it Roland, don’t put me down now.” Tabitha sighed.
“But think about your husband, think about you daughter, do you think she’d be okay growing up without a mother?”
“She’ll grow up fine if I do this, and if I don’t do this, I am scared of the outcome and also deaths awaits her. She needs to see the world more than I need to” Tabitha explained sternly.
“Tabitha I’m very worried” Roland sighed.
“I understand, but please do understand where I’m coming from” Tabitha sighed.

“Doing this behind Zackary’s back also.” Roland pointed out.
“You know he would never let me do this on his watch, just please let me do thi-

A sudden knock suddenly interrupted Tabitha’s knock and immediately she threw a frightened glance at Roland.
Roland cleared his throat before walking towards the door to get it.

Tabitha stood still and watched Roland’s solemn expression as he opened the wooden door.
“Your presence is welcomed… Hildenmare” Roland breathed out a forced smile.

He opened the door w¡der for his guest to walk in.
Hildenmare walked into the cottage with a rod in his hand and one glance at Tabitha he asked.
“She is the mother. Am I right?”
“Yes she-
” Yes I am. ” Tabitha interrupted.

“Not many people make decisions like this, how brave of you” Hildenmare added.
“Thank you” Tabitha smiled.
“It is not a compliment woman, you’re brave but it sure is one steep decision” Hildenmare snapped.
“I know that and I chose to go with it with my eyes open, please can we get to it already. I do not want anyone backing me down.” Tabitha breathed out.
“Ah, alright then, we must get to it before the break of dawn.”
“Yes before the break of dawn.” Tabitha repeated.
She wanted to get over the ritual as fast as possible before Zackary gets back, she was sorry she was choosing such path but it was the only way her dear Rosanne would find peace.

Hildenmare took in deep breath before giving out hefty instructions. “Roland I need you to get me two sesame seeds from your kitchen, Lass get your child ready and lay beside your child, holding hands.”
“Understood” Tabitha breathed out.
Roland looked like he didn’t want to get the sesame seeds, but with one look from Tabitha, his feet took massive step across the room.
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Laying beside her child and holding her tiny hand, Tabitha gave her sleeping child, Rosanne a big smile before sulking in a huge amount of breath.
The ground where Tabitha laid was cold and her hands trembled as she eat watched Hildenmare set a fortress in front of her and a strange looking rope line above her head, that he hung tiny looking pebbles.

Of course Tabitha was scared, scared of what she was doing, what if after every sacrifices, Rosanne still bares the mark, what if something happens to Zackary right after every the ritual, what if anything or everything goes wrong.
Tabitha stuck these thoughts into her head, panicking for every reason.

“Tabitha… Are you okay?” Roland asked, after hearing her breathe too heavy.
“I am indeed fine” Tabitha laughed nervously.
“Are you optimistic you’re okay?” Roland pressed.
“Yes Roland, I am fine.!” Tabitha snapped before breathing out the most heaviest sigh.

“I am all done, and now I shall begin with the ritual.” Hildenmare announced.
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Zackary walked under the dark night in dismay after walking from door to door looking for anyone named ‘Mr Chivenksy’ just like Roland had told him to. But after walking for hours Zackary came to realise there was no one named such strange name as ‘Chivensky’ in the neighborhood.

“Why would Roland send me on such bizzare errand, there is no such Mr chivenksy, or else…” Zackary paused when his head roll back to Tabitha immediately.
“Or else… She wouldn’t dare. They wouldn’t dare” Zackary shook his head in sorrow, as he ran back to the cottage as fast as he could, under the night sky.
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Tabitha swallowed hærd, getting uncomfortable from the red marking Roland had draw on her forehead and Arms, she felt heavy and couldn’t move immediately he drew the marks on her body and she was also unable to speak.
Hildenmare spat out strange words, chanting and shaking bells, scaring Tabitha and waking Rosanne, causing her to cry.

Slowly Tabitha’s breath started to seize and Rosanne’s marking started to disappear little by little.
Choking on her own breath, Tabitha’s life flashed before her eyes and at all means, she wanted to end things, she didn’t want to go with taking Rosanne’s cursed mark away after all. She wanted to live, to see her child grow even with the cursed mark. But she was also tired of running away and it was too late after all.

Hildenmare smiled when he saw Rosanne’s mark disappear and as it left her body, Tabitha was unable to breathe, and immediately she took her last breath.
The wooden door pushed open and Zackary walked in.

“Tabitha.!” He yelled, trying to walk past Hildenmare.
“Do not interrupt and stay where you are.” Hildenmare interrupted.
And with one final chant, the ritual was over and Tabitha was gone.
“There it was, fast and easy” Hildenmare breathed out.

“What have you done!” Zackary yelled, as he ran up to his wife to hold her in his arms.
“She wanted to lift the curse, the mark exist no more in the child’s body, she Is free” Hildenmare replied.
“But my wife is dead!”
“That was what she wanted.”…

.. T. B. C
BY RUTHIE LEE 🌸 🌸