One sip after another went down my throat, but it all seemed off in texture and taste. Mary smiled and I could see blood beginning to trickle from her lips. I could do nothing at first except sit and watch in horror as she began asking me what was wrong with me. I looked down at my soup only to see a blackened hand reaching from within the liquid toward me. I felt warm water leaving my ears and nose as well as the corners of my mouth until I noticed that blood had begun to pour out upon my lap. I could stop nothing nor do anything as I fell out of my seat. I could feel my heart beginning to beat faster and faster until I could feel nothing else. I knew that I was being grasped from the inside of my person and attempts were being made to remove me from this reality. I reached out as I screa
