The Alpha's Warlock
To be fair, Brent maybe hadn’t expected Jack to turn up with a vampire in tow, not to mention they’d planned to ambush and likely murder him…yeah, they were both assholes and idiots.
Jack pulled the door off what was left of the safe and let out a cry of satisfaction. He stood up, a small silver thing cradled in his palm.
I leaned in to get a better look. Even though I didn’t have any magic beyond the necromancy infused into my blood and bones, and couldn’t have cast a spell to save my life, the artifact radiated power, in a subtle, raising-the-hair-on-your-arms kind of way. The silver filigree comprised most of a half-sphere, with some kind of black stone peeking out from underneath. Jack r