Liliana - Zombifies Brother with potion

"Lili!" Josu shouted. His eyelids opened wide to reveal two jet black orbs. For an instant, she saw her face reflected in them, but dead—her own eyes rotted away, her skin drawn tight over her bones.

He stiffened, his blank eyes staring up at the ceiling. Liliana noticed a blackened spot on his lip—where her potion had dribbled from his mouth. As she watched, he seemed to shrink. His eyes sank back into his skull and his pale skin grew waxy and tight. His cheekbones jutted from his face and his lips drew back away from his teeth.

"What have you done, child?" Lady Ana whispered. She shouldered Liliana aside and bent over Josu's still form.

Liliana drifted to the foot of the bed, her mind reeling as she stared down at her brother. What had she done? The potion—her potion, brewed by her skill and her magic—hadn't cured him at all.

It had killed him. All her efforts…and the result was worse than if she'd done nothing at all.

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LILIANA'S ORIGIN: THE FOURTH PACT