I picked up the rings and texted Elena to ask if I could visit her grandmother.
Granny Bia was home. She didn’t go out much on snowy days.
I went alone this time.
“Come in, child,” she said, opening the door before I even knocked twice. “You sounded troubled on the phone. I assume it’s urgent.”
“Granny Bia… I messed up. I lied. The ritual didn’t work. And now he’s everywhere. He looks just like us!”
“Sit down, Kira. Breathe. He can’t come into my house. You are safe here. Tell me everything.”
I told her. All of it.
The shame made my voice break. I couldn’t look her in the eye while describing the things that happened… things I hadn’t even been able to control.
“He’s not just feeding on you,” she said quietly. “He will seek to turn you.”
“What?” My voice cracked. “Turn me?!”
“He m
