When It's Painful, Cry, Then Get Back Up.

"This way," Thomas said as he led the Fisher family further down a hallway. The walls seemed to close in with each step. He knew it was cruel but what other way was there?

Thomas was weaker than Shay. He couldn't get any information out of the lycanthrope unless he fulfilled his side of the deal. Even then, he could only pray that Shay would stand by his words. The worst case, Thomas could walk away and let the problem fester like a disease. Doevm would probably know what to do.

Thomas wanted to laugh at himself. "Probably" was an understatement. That Lich was never wrong. Doevm could think of thousands of plans and do them all by himself. Doevm, however, wouldn't do any of that because he didn't care about three random people.