"Burn her, burn the witch!" 

"It was all because of her, burn the witch!" 

Voices echoed around her as she was being dragged from the ropes wound tightly around her, and pushed by the town's guards from the back, yet she didn't care, her expression was dull as she was pushed to the huge pile of firewood, she didn't even frown over the pain coming from her back that had been whipped till her flesh broke and blood dyed what was left of her clothes red.

Marianna didn't care about any of that, she just kept on looking ahead of her expressionlessly, as if she had already lost her soul and only a husk was left of her.

Finally, as she was strapped on the cross in the middle of the huge pile of firewood, at the depth of her eyes, a bit of life was seen as her pupils shook and focused on a certain spot.

There, a pretty young man was standing next to a rotund bald short middle-aged man, the young man was wearing a new coat, boots and hat, they were all new and gave the young man a refreshing air around him.

Seeing that, Marianna's expression finally fell and she bit her lips as tears started falling slowly down her cheeks.

The young man was busy fawning over the rotund middle-aged man, but as if feeling her eyes on him, he turned towards her, coming face to face with Marianna's bruised and tear covered face, the young man was startled for a bit before taking control over his emotions for a bit and averting his eyes and returning his attention to the rotund middle-aged man next to him.

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The rotund middle-aged man, on the other hand, smiled wickedly when he saw what just happened between the two, and his smile only grew bigger as he saw the executioner heading to the pile of firewood with a flaming torch in hand.

Marianna's eyes never left the young man even as the executioner stood next to the pile of firewood and threw the torch on the oil-covered part and the flame caught on and started licking her feet.

"Burn the witch!" The crowd shouted and cheered as the flame lit up.

But just as fast as the fire appeared, it disappeared again and the crowd's shouts and cheers got caught in their throats as a suffocating pressure fell on the little town's square.

"Well, well, look what we have here," a harsh hoarse voice was suddenly heard amidst the deafening silence.

Almost everyone's faces palled and the guards standing around the square lifted their spears and looked around them with distorted expressions, and the rotund middle-aged man's guard circled him with their swords drawn, yet, just as they did, all their spears and swords left their hands, flying to a certain part Of the square and circling a hunchbacked old lady.

"I came as fast as I could to see if I might be able to save a follow sister, yet I didn't expect to come across such an interesting sight," the old lady continued in the same hoarse voice as she walked slowly towards Marianna.

At that time no one there could speak, all the guards stood frozen and all were silent as they made way for the old lady.

"Poor girl, would you want to come with me?" Standing in front of Marianna, the old witch asked in a gentle tone as she caressed her cheek.

Marianna didn't say anything, she just continued looking straight ahead like a statue.

"What a poor soul..." The old witch murmured to herself before hitting her staff on the ground under her.

With that, the straps holding Marianna in place fell, freeing the young girl of her restraints, but instead of falling down, she floated gently towards the old witch.

After catching her, the old witch turned her face to the crowd and declared in her harsh voice:

"I will be back for the guilty," with that she exploded in a huge mess of ink-black crows, disappearing alongside Marianna and leaving the town as quiet as a ghost town.

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