Five
Sam smiles, wipes his lips, and lies beside me.
"Tela... tomorrow I'll show you something... something important."
"All right," I whisper, laying my head on his arm and my hand on his chest.
"The blood moon affects you if... if you're a... last night was the fifth blood moon of the fifth month."
"The what of what?"
"My tattoo... it's not a tattoo... it's a mark of-"
"Oh, come on, Sam... finish a sentence. I don't understand anything you're saying."
"I'm going to show you... I need to give you something."