Phoenix Contract: Part Five (Fallen Angel Watchers)
“The stone pedestal also shone with a glossy burgundy patina.
Trembling from head to toe, Aiden lifted the lid and stared down at the organ in horrified fascination. Nausea churned her gut. Her gore rose, pushing bile into the back of her throat. Yet for all her horrified disgust, she couldn’t bring herself to avert her gaze.
The Heart was larger than a normal human organ and the color fresh meat, and with each surging beat, the entire mass quivered like fleshy Jell-O. Blood spurted fort...h from the severed pulmonary and aortic arteries with each contraction, an eternal and endless fountain.
“He kept it in a box for five hundred years,” Aiden said, her mouth twisting in disgust.
“There wasn’t much else he could do with it,” Magnus said. “But no, he didn’t leave it in there the whole time. He liked to take it out at parties and show it off.”
Aiden’s eyes flew to Magnus.MoreLess
Trembling from head to toe, Aiden lifted the lid and stared down at the organ in horrified fascination. Nausea churned her gut. Her gore rose, pushing bile into the back of her throat. Yet for all her horrified disgust, she couldn’t bring herself to avert her gaze.
The Heart was larger than a normal human organ and the color fresh meat, and with each surging beat, the entire mass quivered like fleshy Jell-O. Blood spurted fort...h from the severed pulmonary and aortic arteries with each contraction, an eternal and endless fountain.
“He kept it in a box for five hundred years,” Aiden said, her mouth twisting in disgust.
“There wasn’t much else he could do with it,” Magnus said. “But no, he didn’t leave it in there the whole time. He liked to take it out at parties and show it off.”
Aiden’s eyes flew to Magnus.MoreLess
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