Tyler could have had the magic cover the entire building, just like his new home in the city, but he was in a hospital, in Salvena; such an act would harm anyone in need or under any form of gem-supported care.
That was what the gold casing and other gems in the clock were controlling.
However, Tyler was not a simpleton. He knew the Lord could just as easily bash his head in with the sturdy stick in his hands before anyone got in to stop him.
But he had not been exaggerating when he told the old man what his death would mean to the remaining Kramers.
Even if Vincent had killed him by accident on that farm, his order would have activated, and Vincent would have joined him in death before the week ran out.
Lincoln’s men had not only saved Tyler, they had saved Vincent and Edward Kramer
