Chapter 26 — The Devil's Bargain
The vial wasn't anything special to look at. Small. Thick glass. The liquid inside is pale yellow and slightly too thick to be water. The kind of thing that looked more like something you'd find in a school science lab than the only reason I was still breathing. Aris had put it on the tray beside the table. Evidence. The quiet proof that it had worked. I stared at it for a while after I woke up. Then I looked at the chair. Varek was in it. Same position as always. Arms on his knees. Eyes open. His shirt had been changed. His leg was stretched out in front of him at an angle that meant it was hurting and he was managing that by not moving it and not mentioning it and apparently waiting to see if I was going to let that go. I wasn't. "Show me the leg," I said. He looked at me. "Sho
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