Willow's POV

I could feel the change almost immediately. The weight that had been pressing on me for what felt like days seemed to lift, the haze of dizziness and weakness fading like mist in the morning sun. It was as if the blood mixture had reignited something deep inside me, a warmth and strength that hadn't been there when I’d first collapsed.

By the time two hours had passed, I felt like a completely different person. The aching in my limbs and my abdomen was gone, replaced by a ...