Shadow Pact
he asked Emily.
Emily slid all the way to the floor.
William lay down beside her, his massive head in her lap.
She stroked his ears and gave a slight nod to Paoli.
"He won't hurt me," she said with absolute certainty.
Once Paoli stepped out with the other men, William visibly relaxed.
"We brought enough blood to replenish you," Paoli said to William. "But you need to get back to human form."
When nothing happened, Sekhmet took one step into the room. He slid a glass vial across the hard floor as far as he could manage without spilling the contents. "It's a decanter of blood," he explained. "We have three more out here."