I had a very bitter expression as I walked away from the clearing.
That despicable woman…
She'd made me kill an innocent woman.
Was she just toying with me?
Or worse—manipulating everyone around her?
"It was not your fault." Amaya said.
"I did kill her," I replied, glancing at her.
Amaya glanced ahead. "I also killed people without meaning to. Is it my fault?" She asked me.
"Do you know what happened back there?" I shifted the subject.
"The Blood Moon Spell," she said immediately.
"The Vampire Witch—and the Blood Lords who serve her—can place people under that spell. The first step is simple: the Blood Moon's light shines upon vampires, making them stronger, and the Vampire Witch herself even more powerful. But the Blood Moon can also be used by the Witch—and by anyone who has received her blood—to seize control of a person's will entirely."
What kind of power is that…?
"How do you break it?" I asked.
"You can't."
I stopped dead in my tracks, staring at her. "…What?"
