“You betrayed the code. The only way for you to come back from this is to come clean and save yourself.”

“But I didn’t know; I had no idea what these people were into. They said it was a love spell. I needed the money; I don’t even….” Her cowering was sickening.

“Spare me the rhetoric. You know what can happen if you don’t do the right thing here and you’re running out of time. The spell is broken; he’s no longer under your control, and I’ve fixed it so it ...