Chapter 76: Clever Snake

Jack

"Give it to me." Beth glared, thrusting out a hand for the smashed bottle.

It wasn't even the Oracle's saliva, but Jack's when he took the seer's talent. Would it work? He prayed she wouldn't detect the difference.

"What about me?" Vlad hissed. "Who cares about a shattered vial?"

"It must have broken in the fight." Jack held out the crushed glass. Only a sliver of the bottom remained intact.

Beth nodded to Vlad. "I've paused the poison in your system for now. Let me work out their debt, then I'll deal with you."

Coldness brushed over Jack's palm as Beth collected the pieces from him. She sniffed it. "There's barely a drop here. I asked for a whole bottle."

"You should've made the container indestructible." He squeezed Adeline's shoulder and brought her closer to him.

"Or not gotten involved with a witchdoctor in the first place," Cassie muttered, then gave Beth a tight smile when she looked her way.