Bracelet follow-through for the earlier draft

Bracelet follow-through for the earlier draft The bracelet gets a much more troubling follow-through in Grimm Fairy Tales #56. Before that, the Goblin Queen notices it and warns Sela about accepting gifts from Death. Sela doesn't yet understand the warning, and the bracelet still gives her a very real benefit. When she and Bolder are surrounded by goblins, it produces a shield around both of them and keeps the creatures back. That gives us an example of it stopping physical attackers, beyond the fire it blocked earlier. Sela struggles to maintain it, so the protection still has limits. The problem appears after she retrieves the Limbo Key and returns to Morrigan. She asks how she can trust him. He responds by activating the bracelet, which glows as Sela loses control of her actions. When Bolder tries to intervene, she stops his weapon with her sword, then hands over the key. Morrigan has given her something that can protect her during his errand and also let him force the result he wants once she returns. He admits that his intention was to leave Myst and return to Earth and his master's side. Sela's appeal to his past with Esmerelda doesn't make him keep the bargain. He does leave her a lead, directing her to the priestess Druanna in Tallus, but he leaves with the key instead of freeing Erik as promised. Afterward, Sela says she needs to get the bracer off before their paths cross again. The gift has helped her survive, but its protective function was only part of what she accepted.