Friction in the eyes

Roman looked at their surroundings before he paused his footsteps. Something seemed off about the place where they were right now. It wasn't that he hadn't been on this side of the Veteris property before, but he doubted in all these years of his stay that he had come here when it had rained. 

Did it happen because it was the Elder's ability that had caused the rain, bringing another reaction here?

Bending down, Roman touched the forest floor. When his hand made contact with the ground, he threw up black blood. 

"Rome!" Julie quickly came to his side. 

"I am okay," replied Roman, wiping the blood off his mouth, and he said, "This place is filled with the magic of the witches. Can you feel it, Winters?" 

"How is there witch's magic in here?" questioned Maximus, and when he bent down, doing the same action as Roman, he too threw up more blood than his friend had. "What the fuck—is this?"