CHAPTER 48

  Kara

  Isabella led us into a strange room. I feared entering the room, as fear gripped me, but Stefan took my hand and entered with me. I felt safer with him, but the fear didn't go away. I closed my eyes and sighed.

  "I can feel your nerves, Kara," the witch commented.

  "I'm afraid of what will happen. I don't even know what will happen."

  "You haven't told her, Stefan?" Isabella asked.

  Tell me. Did Stefan have to tell me something?

  I looked at him.

  "Tell me what?"

  "Isabella believes she can cure you, but they are experimental spells," Stefan confessed.

  Experimental? Why did that sound bad? Judging by Stefan's expression, I knew something bad was happening.

  "Is it something bad, Stefan? What else do you know?" I demanded. I needed to know what I was getting into.

  I needed Derek with me. I needed him to take my hand and help me.