She's An Exception

"What exactly did you find in that bottle?" Victor asked. His voice was a raw, gravelly rasp echoing in the quiet expanse of the bedroom. He sat slumped against the leather sofa, his broad chest rising and falling as the IV fluids slowly chased the burning fever from his veins.

Owen held the small white porcelain bottle up to the ambient light of the bedside lamp. He tilted it back and forth, wa