Ember's POV
I woke up on the floor.
My head was pounding. My mouth tasted like metal. And there was blood on my hands.
"What happened?" I whispered to myself.
The community center was empty now. Chairs were turned over. Broken glass covered the floor. And there was a dark stain on the carpet that looked like...
"Oh no." I tried to sit up, but my stomach twisted into knots. "No, no, no, I screamed."
Everything came back to me in pieces. The engagement party. The ring. The man in black. Then screaming. So much screaming.
I crawled to the bathroom and threw up. My whole body hurt. My head felt like someone had hit it with a hammer.
"Ember?" Maya's voice came from the main room. "Are you in here?"
"Maya!" I called weakly.
She rushed into the bathroom and gasped. "Oh my God, what happened to you?"
"I don't know. I can't remember."
"You're covered in blood. Whose blood is this?"
I looked down at my hands. The blood was dark and sticky. "I don't know."
