CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
With time paused, the immense pressure to complete the Elixir and save Esther’s life began to lessen. Oliver felt a weight lift from his shoulders. He settled in to the workshop and began working with Leonardo to decipher Teddy’s formula.
It was very odd to look in the sephora amulet at Esther and see that she was now completely frozen in time. The image in the locket had already looked like a strange charcoal painting, and now it did even more so.
Leonardo must’ve caught him glancing at the sephora amulet. “What do you have there, boy? A seer technology, I presume, but one I am not familiar with.”
“It’s a sephora amulet,” Oliver told him. “It links me to the girl I am trying to save with the Elixir.”
He showed it to Leonardo and the man gasped. “Esther Valentini! Wh
