<h4>Chapter 765: 765-Down The Well</h4>


    <strong>Author’s POV:</strong>


    It had been a few days, and Darcy knew that the Zharn’s effect had worn off her son. However, she had alreadyid out her n. It was in motion. All she needed to do was make sure that before Hnie spoke with Emmet about the well, the n was already underway. And lucky for her, it happened just like that. Because during those days, Hnie was supposed to mark Maximus. So Darcy knew she was right on track.


    She told Charlotte to go around the house and check Emmet’s bedroom. She carried a bag on her shoulder and tossed the papers around before walking back out. Charlotte’s next responsibility was to remove the tapes of the CCTV footage from that specific night. It wasn’t hard for her. The warriors knew her. All she had to do was go and let them know that Darcy had asked for the tape to be removed. One of the warriors was working for Darcy, so it was extremely easy.


    That night, Darcy was waiting behind the tree near the well. Just as she had suspected, Hnie arrived. The moment Hnie tried to peek through, Darcy pushed her in. Then she covered the well and left for her home, happy and satisfied.


    "What do you mean by you pushed her down?" the seer asked.


    Darcy smirked proudly. "I have found the loophole. My sons are now free from the curse," she said happily.


    "Are you sure they are?" the grey woman asked, and Darcy began to frown.


    At the same time, Larry walked into her room to inform her of bad news.


    "Wait a second," she told the grey woman, focusing on Larry. "What is it?" she asked him.


    "I am afraid there is bad news," he said.


    Darcy began to wonder how there could be bad news. If the curse was broken, the misfortune should be gone.


    "What is it?" she asked.


    "I’m afraid Emmet’s curse has intensified. But I heard there are no signs of Hnie so far. So your sons are going crazy trying to catch Emmet and find Hnie at the same time."


    As soon as she heard those words, it was as if the sky had dropped on her head. Shepletely ignored Larry and put her phone next to her ear again.


    And she heard the grey woman click her tongue.


    "You thought you were wiser, Darcy," she hissed. "Don’t forget, I am not some holy mother who doesn’t know what she’s doing. My instructions to you were clear. You were supposed to kill your son’s marked mate once she gave birth to their first born baby."


    It was then that Darcy realized she had made a huge mistake. Hnie hasn’t had marked all four of her sons and she certainly wasn’t pregnant from all of them and neither did she give birth.


    The grey woman continued, "in order for your twins to survive, you were supposed to do it all right. Either kill the first borns or the mother. What made you think you needed to do two sacrifices? I mean, if you wanted to get rid of Hnie, sure. But you were supposed to wait for the baby to be born, and the baby must belong to all of your sons. Did you not hear when I said that each son has to sacrifice their first borns? And for Hnie, this curse also brings misfortune to her, because she’s connected to your sons. All the loved ones will suffer. So she cannot bear a child unless she mates with all four of them and bears a fruit from them. So either it’s going to be four babies at once carrying the DNA of all four of your sons, or one baby carrying the DNA of all four of them. All the other pregnancies will not survive." The gray woman was losing her calm with Darcy.


    "And once the baby is born, are you going to sacrifice the baby or the mate? Killing Hnie would be easier because she’s just one person shared by all your sons, instead of them having individual mates and killing them all."


    She started to scold Darcy at this point. She had been doing so well until Darcy pulled this stupid stunt.


    "Oh my God, so I killed the only chance for my children to survive?" she asked, tearing up, until Larry got another call.


    The grey woman stayed silent because she wanted Darcy to find out herself.


    "What is it?" she asked Larry, noticing that he looked quite optimistic on the phone.


    "I guess your sons know where Hnie is. Maybe they will go and look for her," Larry said.


    Darcy slouched down.


    "Yeah, look for her dead body. She’ll be dead by now," she sighed. "But at least I got rid of the baby that was only one son’s." She shrugged, as she always would. She did not have enough empathy in her to feel bad for anyone. And in her mind, the baby with one DNA wouldn’t be beneficial for her anyway.


    "She is fine, they found her alive," Larry exined.


    That was when the grey woman announced to her, "But you need to be very careful. And also, with your sons being marked to her, killing her would also weaken your sons."


    As she told Darcy another loophole in the n, Darcy began to clench her fist.


    "At this point, I just want them all to die," Darcy hissed before she shook her head. "No, no, no, no, no. I will not let Urs win. If my children die and her stupid daughter dies, she will just marry McQuoid."


    Even the grey woman was confused about what Darcy wanted. Did she love her children, or were they just a reminder that she still had something after losing her mate, her home, and everything because of this curse?


    "Okay, so how would it go then? My sons, I cannot watch them suffer. And I don’t want them weak," she hissed, as she remembered how annoyed she was with Kaye when he was growing up. He was so weak and always crying. It was only after Hnie came into his life that he grew a spine and started doing amazing things. But then she hated it. Why did it have to be Hnie? Why couldn’t she have that effect on her son?


    "I have a n for that too. Another ritual," the grey woman told her.


    In that exact moment, Darcy felt like she was falling into deep mud, just going down and down without realizing. First, she broke this curse of misfortune upon them. Then she had to kill others to hide her crimes. Then she had to do so much just to stop the curse from killing her children. And now there was more. She began to wonder if she would ever be free of it.


    "And this ritual will help your sons survive the death of Hnie. They will not be weakened, even if she dies."


    And then the grey woman told her the exact words she wanted to hear. A little ray of hope that it was all worth it. And she was ready to do it.