Jericka pulls back, "I don't know how Merlia was ever able to keep the spell going so long. She's not that powerful unless she gained more power as she stayed hidden."
They all looked at Jericka, confused. "Who's Merlia?" Skylar finally asked.
"Oh, you told me you knew who I was and everything. I guess I just figured that you knew who Merlia was. She is my mother; I guess you could say. She is the one that created me. Then she pulled other bodies out of me," Jericka struggled to find the words to explain. "She would cut off my hand and form a whole body from it; then she would cut off a foot or a chunk out of my side. She would heal me with some potion or something. I always had to drink that stuff anyway to keep myself healthy, at least that's what Merlia would tell me. She created a l
