family really connected to the Amani, the ancient protectors of the land? The illness continued to spread, claiming more and mo

e illness than just bad luck or a curse. This was something far old

passing stories. The journal was filled with descriptions of the Amani, their powers, and the artifact they had once protected. Her great-grandmother's writings spoke of an illness that had once struck the village in the past, similar to the one they wer

th mysterious carvings, had been hidden away for safekeeping. But someone,