THE DARK PRINCESS

never celebrated my birthday. I cooked for myself, and when I graduated from high school, I watched my class

funds to my account after I left. I wanted to study medicine. I loved the idea that doctors save lives and help bring new life

mine. I read all the books I could find about witches. When I wasn

at worked well for me. After I graduated from college, I

great. I went on missions with them, trained wit

for vacation. I spent most of my time reading and researching powerful witches and how to find one. Instead, I came across a post about

mentioned something about having a mark. Witches can see the woods through their

rprised. It said most people who are marked tend to have powers-some the power of manipulation, some the power of heal

I searched to see if I could find one that looked like mine, but I didn't.

actly like mine. They called it the Tailed; they said it is also called the Dark Mark. Whoever poss

ey said so many bad things about my mark. They said we p

and am really bad luck. I didn't complete my vacation and went back to the States. Ten ye

d and find me. But I never even received a single call from them. When I

In that dream, I was back in the woods I saw the last time I was in England, but I wasn't an adult; instead, I was a teenage girl again. I

ooked like blood. I touched the box, and the chain with the big padlock opened. I quietly opened the box, and a we

ture looked like a bat but was very ugly

rted heari

your questions. I can make you special," the voic

k started shining a blue light, and I felt the pain again. Since

" boldly written on it, and I woke up. I was sweating, and my neck was in pain. I

ooking creature? And to think that it knows my name, I'm so confused. I need answ

my father and see what has changed. As for my mom, I really don

, then the woods. I need to kno