✦Dolly✦
My blood had touched the map, and instead of ruining everything, it had helped. I still couldn’t quite believe it. The west scar still glowed dark, but the line around it had brightened. It looked stronger than it had a second ago. I stared at it, unsure if I actually understood how it worked. Blaise stepped closer to the table.
“Don’t move your hand yet,”
“I wasn’t planning on it,” I muttered. My father stood so close to me that his sleeve brushed my arm. He was watching my bleeding palm like it might turn against me at any second. “It isn’t hurting as much,” I admitted. Ronnie looked at me, then at the map.
“Because your blood isn’t fighting the ward. It’s feeding it,”
“That sounds disgusting,”
“It is a little disgusting,” she replied. “But it is also useful, so let’s foc
