Amulet of Doom
“She studied the faces around her. Kyle, sweet and gentle, seemed very sad. She wondered what he was thinking. Cooley was fidgeting, chewing his ghostly lips, fighting to keep his mouth shut. Zenobia’s eyes were filled with pity. And Guptas looked blank; there was nothing to be read in his face.
Her grip on the amulet tightened until the edges of it were cutting into her hand. She held it pressed against her chest. Closing her eyes, she could feel a tear trickle under her lashes. At last she whi...spered, “Guptas, I can’t do it. I can’t free you.”
The demon nodded. “So be it.”
She opened her eyes. “What do I do now?”
“You kill me.”
“I can’t do that, either!”
Guptas grinned, a hideous smile filled with fangs. “It’s easier than you think. You simply destroy the amulet.”
“I tried that,” said Zenobia. “Remember?”
He laughed, a harsh, short sound. “I remember. It was pathetic. There is only one way to destroy the amulet, and that is in the forge where it was made.”MoreLess
Her grip on the amulet tightened until the edges of it were cutting into her hand. She held it pressed against her chest. Closing her eyes, she could feel a tear trickle under her lashes. At last she whi...spered, “Guptas, I can’t do it. I can’t free you.”
The demon nodded. “So be it.”
She opened her eyes. “What do I do now?”
“You kill me.”
“I can’t do that, either!”
Guptas grinned, a hideous smile filled with fangs. “It’s easier than you think. You simply destroy the amulet.”
“I tried that,” said Zenobia. “Remember?”
He laughed, a harsh, short sound. “I remember. It was pathetic. There is only one way to destroy the amulet, and that is in the forge where it was made.”MoreLess
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