“You left her with it?” Mark roared. “What the hell is wrong with you? She was supposed to complete the circle, not be a snack for that monstrosity you’ve trapped! I can’t imagine what you were thinking, leaving her in there.”
“Relax,” Earl oozed at his overzealous compatriot. “She’s too smart to get close to it, especially since I warned her it was a flesh eater. I just wanted her to get a good taste of what kind of power we have on our side. She’ll be fine, and I wager, a lot more compliant.”
“She looked compliant enough earlier,” Mark pointed out, pacing nervously up and down the hallway.
“She was faking,” Earl pointed out tartly. “She might not have been able to force her body upright, but her will was unbroken. She came by choice. Now, she needs to know that she has chosen to walk
