Chapter 23
Wait
Crawling back into the cave, Cutler noticed the jewel had managed to sit up. Its face remained in shadow as it watched her enter and park herself close to the entrance, but its glowing, blood red eyes were like miniature laser beams keeping her in view. There was no other attempt to call out to her, for which she was grateful. Every moment she spent with it, knowing who it once was, was torture.
Bar"s last question comment in her mind. Could she kill David when the time came? For that matter, what was she waiting for? Why not kill it now and get it over with? Sooner or later you know you"re going to have to do it. Sooner or later you"re going to have to rip David"s head from his body and eat the ruby that"s inside him. And at the rate the possession was going, she wasn"t
