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Magnus stepped within reach of me and jabbed the needle into my wrist. I winced and blood flowed freely from the vein he stabbed. Magnus pulled the needle out and the red liquid of life covered the tip with its sticky warmth. The crazy witch doctor held the doll out in front of him and jabbed the needle into the toy’s chest.
“Ah!” I cried out.
It was as though a red-hot poker was shoved into my chest. I clutched my throbbing heart as my ears pounded with the beat of my organ drum. The room spun around me and I fell to the floor to keep from throwing up. My mind whirled with pain and nausea, and I shut my eyes to keep out the swirling world. I felt Mo rub against me, but I didn’t dare open my eyes.
Just like before, as quickly as the pain came so did it leave me. I blinked ope
