Shadow Pact
He was a killer, and she needed to remember that.
"Not if I can help it," he said.
“Prop her up,” Paoli instructed when he reentered the room, a small vial in his hand.
Emily did so without question. She watched with bated breath as he poured some vile-smelling concoction down Amber’s throat.
Amber coughed and sputtered, covering Paoli in frothy spittle, but the transformation continued, unchanged.
“Well, that was disappointing,” he announced dryly. He wiped his face with a grimace, then hustled back out of the room.