Josie skids around so that she can meet his eyes. "Look. Whatever the Eye did to screw you over is not worth the lives of everyone in this city. It's not worth your life. Because trust me, every time this creature has been summoned, it bites the hand that fed it."

She stares him down and holds out her hand.

"You can make a choice. You can give me what I need to dispel the Croatoan and I'll let you go. Or you can stay here and the three of us will probably die, but Marcel will find a way to end the monster. Either way, I don't think you have a win here."