What Mercedes feared the most happened in the end. She was too weak to prevent it. She hurt someone she cared about dearly and it was all her fault. Time froze at that instant. The bond between Drakoen and Mercedes snapped like a thread and Mercedes felt herself being released from her restraints. She came back to her senses and reclaimed her body. There was no more in between. She was fully in control of herself and her emotions. Mercedes could now fully absorb the scene in front of her.
The bloody scene before her made her gasp in shock and disbelief. She was soaked in Alexa's blood. She removed her claws from Alexa chest, and she got more of Alexa's blood splurted on her face and continued spilling out of her. With horror on her face, her heart thumping like a sledgehammer in her chest
