She got dressed as fast as she could, leaving a letter for Carmen to find and headed for Bette’s room. Tina, however stopped her before she could reach her Captain and ushered her toward the library.

Shane had just turned the last page of her book and closed it hard. She sighed, beginning to lose hope.

"Hey, check this out"

Shane whirled around and looked down at Tina. The blonde’s eyebrows were scrunched up together as she quickly read a few lines, dragging her finger along the letters.

"It says here that what you and Bette have is something called a Blood Seal. It bonds those who bear the seal to the one who put it there in the first place."

Shane nodded and walked over to Tina. She was too nervous to get down to ground level so she remained standing.

"What else does it say?"

Tina continued to read, the silence was thick in the air and Shane was getting anxious.

" . . . in order to create a seal, some sort of sacrifice has to be made"

Shane raised an eyebrow, "Like . . taking a life?"

Tina shook her head, never looking up from the book, "During the branding, the creator so to speak has to give up a piece of his or her soul and give it to the receiver of the brand. That explains why you and Bette are so bonded to Jodi, hurting whenever she does. Your souls are joined"

Shane put her hands on her hips, "That doesn’t make sense though. Whenever we get hurt, it doesn’t affect Jodi"

"The spell is pretty much one way. The fact that your soul is the majority inside your body also plays a part. If one of you die, the piece of soul she gave to you only returns to her body. If she dies, the piece of her soul that’s inside you has nowhere to go. It dies, becoming a poison, consuming your own soul to kill slowly and painfully"

Shane shook her head, running a tired hand over her face and obviously not liking anything she’s heard. It now sounded more impossible to be rid of Jodi than before.