Carl isn't just the love of her life, he was the missing piece of her soul, and now that Anna had found him, she cannot lose him again.
Anna opened her eyes, uttered a quick apology to her imaginary relatives, and snatched the goblet from Katrina's hand. the liquid tasted strangely sweet, and increasingly spicy all at the same time.
she finished it in one, long swallow.
everything seemed to happen all at once.
Katrina, the yacht where her family were, the garden, the lake, and everything around her faded into nothing as she felt herself being sucked back into consciousness.
Katrina gave her a warm smile.
" welcome back Anna, you're now one of us." pausing only to thank her, she shoved open the double-doors of the mergency room, bumping smack-dab on the man staring at her with a look of open-mouthed wonder in his face.