Thank you for reading. I hope you enjoyed it.
It kind of makes me sad that I didn't write more, I honestly didn't think many would read it.
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Dear Isabella,
Enclosed are the documents that came with the desk. I was warned to withhold these until a later date, but I can't in good conscience do that. I fear you are in danger.
It is said the box belonged to the clergyman's daughter. Belladonna Cygne had fallen in love with a man, a man that had been discovered to be the devil himself. Her father had found out and he forbid her from continuing to see him.
Unfortunately, she did not follow her father's wishes and continued to meet with Lucifer secretly. She had slowly begun to change, she became withdrawn and her father had written that he saw a darkness growing within her.
Her father had searched for anything that would save his daughter, and found an old piece of parchment that stated that if the devil was to ever take a queen, she would have to be born from blood. I'm not sure how that would work, but Belladonna's mother died during childbirth.
It also states that she would have to sin. She would have to offer her soul to the devil while committing the ultimate sin, to take a life. She would need to end the life of someone, and it needed to be done willingly, she would need to want to end the life.
Belladonna's father had seen the decline in his daughter and knew it would happen. So, in fear, he ended her life before setting the town and himself on fire, hoping to cleanse it and himself of evil.
It is not known how the desk and the box survived the fire, but it is believed to have been found in the woods where a great tree once sat behind the Cygne house.
No one knows what happened to the tree and Belladonna's body as they had both vanished without a trace.
Some say that the Devil predicted Belladonna's return and it is believed that once she is of a similar age to her original age he would claim her.
What I failed to tell you when I came to visit you at work, was that he is back and he approached me, forbid me from sending this to you until he deemed it so.
Isabella, enclosed is a drawing of Belladonna Cygne, I'm sure you will agree that the likeness is uncanny.
I hope it isn't too late and he hasn't approached you yet, but I advise you to leave as soon as possible, for your soul is in danger.
Blessed prayers with you.
Stay safe.
Zafrina.
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Sealing the envelope, she sighed, "I'll mail it tomorrow."
Making her way out of the shop she looked at the storm brewing. The clouds looked angry, vengeful. It was fierce and something she had never seen before. Deciding not to risk the trip home, she slept at the store that night, her thoughts centering on Isabella Swan.
"I fear I may be too late." She mumbled before drifting into a restless sleep.