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"Alyss." The soft voice called to her. She turned her head. It was Jinx. "No need to go looking for me," she said with a tiny laugh. The shifter gave a sigh of relief and sank back down to the ground as Jinx coughed.
"Please, do show me the wound before the poison sets in." Alyss moved Ira's cape above the area where the snake cut into her. The dark flesh around the wound was red, and the pink inside had lost some of it's color due to the length of being exposed fully. Alyss took the mint leaf but just held it in her mouth, not feeling like taking it's fragile flavor.
She lay down on her back. That feels better. Alyss was quiet for a bit, before speaking to Jinx.

"You don't look so good yourself. You should rest. I can wait." As long as she didn't move, she would have a few more minutes of this before the threat of bleeding out set in. She felt so useless. Helpless. If only I hadn't gone to the tavern that day. None of this would have happened. None of it..
"I-" her words stopped abruptly as she slipped out of consciousness. The black came over her gradually, numbing her as she was immersed in the dark.

[Dream]

She woke. Completely normal. She flexed her fingers. Suddenly she whipped around to see a man behind her. He had no face. Suppressing a scream, she took a step back.
"Who are you?! What do you want?!"
His head turned completely sideways. Her breath hitched in her throat. "ANSWER ME!" She screamed.

"My .. name.. does not .. matter." He drew a weapon she'd never seen before. "But.. you .. do. .. the .. mistress.. will be .. so .. pleased .. when I .. bring .. you .. back."
And then the shadows rushed around him. Alyss fell, seemingly into eternity.