Part 3 : The Secret Unfold 2

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Aria’s breath caught in her throat. Ethan had never sounded like this before. His voice had always been gentle, comforting, but now it was filled with desperation. She had to understand. She had to know what was hidden in this cursed place.

With shaking hands, she lifted the lid of the chest. Inside, resting on a bed of velvet, was a weathered journal. It was old, its pages yellowed with age, but it radiated a strange, magnetic energy. Aria’s fingers trembled as she reached for it, the weight of her decision hanging heavy in the air. As her hands closed around the journal, a chill spread through her body, and the room seemed to shift. Suddenly, the air grew thick with the sound of whispers—voices that seemed to come from every direction, swirling around her like a storm. The light in the room flickered and died, plunging her into darkness. Aria could feel the presence of something ancient, something powerful, pressing against her mind. It was as though the walls of the manor had come alive, and they were closing in on her.

“Aria… you shouldn’t have come.”

 Ethan’s voice was now barely a whisper, but it filled her ears with dread. She opened the journal, her eyes scanning the pages. The words were written in an elegant script, but they were unlike anything she had ever seen before. It was a language of the dead, a language lost to time. Her fingers traced the words, trying to make sense of them, when she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her chest, as though something was pulling at her very soul.

The journal’s pages began to glow, and a vision appeared before her eyes—a vision of Ethan, not as a ghost, but as a man, alive and full of warmth. He was standing in the same room, smiling at her, but his eyes were filled with sorrow. He reached out to her, his hand trembling.

“You must break the curse, Aria… before it consumes both of us.”

The vision faded as quickly as it had appeared, and Aria was left standing in the darkness, her heart racing. She had learned the truth. Ethan wasn’t just a ghost—he was trapped, bound by a curse that had been placed on him long ago. And if she couldn’t break the curse, they would both be lost forever.

As the whispers died down, Aria’s mind raced. She had to find a way to free Ethan, to break the chains that bound him to this world. But she didn’t know how—she didn’t know where to start. All she had was the journal, and it was clear that the answers lay within its pages.

Aria took a deep breath, feeling the weight of her decision. There was no turning back now. The path she had chosen was dangerous, and the stakes were higher than she had ever imagined. But she would do whatever it took to save Ethan—even if it meant sacrificing herself.

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