“What is this?” I questioned swiftly as my eyes grazed over my wound. “Why is my blood black?”
I looked between Max and Melia. Max looked just as confused as I felt, but Melia looked as though she knew what exactly was happening with me. She had a devious smile on her face as she pressed the sides of the wound to make it bleed even more into a bowl that she held my hand over.
“What are you doing?!” I screamed, trying to get my hand out of her grip, and she looked over at Max with a frown.
“Just in case you didn’t notice, now is the best time for you to hold her back so she doesn’t disrupt this process. Don’t just stand there. Do something!” she commanded him.
In a move of desperation, Max grabbed me and held me in place as I kicked and screamed for them to let me go.
“Did you really t
