▁En kil ▁had ▁surv ived , ▁and ▁all ▁the ▁nobles ▁had ▁been ▁killed . ▁Since ▁then , ▁the ▁King ▁and ▁Queen ▁had ▁only ▁been ▁seen ▁at ▁night , ▁and ▁would ▁not ▁leave ▁their ▁palace . ▁People ▁were ▁disappear ing , ▁and ▁Kh ay man ▁had ▁resolved ▁to ▁bring ▁the ▁tw ins ▁back ▁in ▁hopes ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁put ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁all ▁these ▁troubles . ▁ ▁Upon ▁reaching ▁K emet , ▁the ▁tw ins ▁learn ▁what ▁has ▁happened . ▁Am el ▁had ▁developed ▁a ▁taste ▁for ▁blood , ▁and ▁one ▁of ▁his ▁favorite ▁tor ments ▁was ▁pr ick ing ▁people ▁and ▁causing ▁them ▁to ▁ble ed . ▁Ak asha ▁and ▁En kil ▁had ▁been ▁st ab bed , ▁and ▁as ▁they ▁lay ▁ble eding ▁to ▁death , ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁Am el ▁could ▁be ▁seen ▁in ▁the ▁form ▁of ▁dro ple ts ▁of ▁blood . ▁The ▁spirit ▁was ▁seen ▁to ▁d ive ▁into ▁Ak asha ' s ▁body , ▁and ▁she ▁was ▁somehow ▁reg ener ated ▁in ▁a ▁new ▁form . ▁Ak asha ▁fell ▁upon ▁En kil , ▁dra ining ▁him ▁of ▁the ▁blood ▁that ▁was ▁left , ▁and ▁then ▁feed ing ▁him ▁her ▁own . ▁They ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁blood - dr ink ers . ▁ ▁Ak asha ▁and ▁En kil ▁had ▁sum mon ed ▁the ▁tw ins ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁that ▁the ▁w itch es ▁could ▁en light en ▁them ▁on ▁the ▁form ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁taken , ▁and ▁how ▁they ▁could ▁satisfy ▁their ▁end less ▁th irst ▁for ▁blood .