Joshua let out a sharp sigh. "Your hand."

For a moment, Astrid didn’t understand what he meant. She looked down instinctively and realized the blood from her arm had already trickled down to her hand. The alleyway had been too dark, and in the sheer terror of the moment, she hadn't given her wound a second thought.

The pain threatened to consume her in the very next second, and she gritted her teeth to endure it, utterly lost on what to do.

"Use this to stop the bleeding first." Joshua pulled o