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in my stomach and cleared my head. But with
ed up, it would lead to a urinary tract infection, which would quickly
ed a c
like a thin, hollow, flexible tube?" I
ent, her brow furrowe
one. My mind, a repository of two worlds' wo
eed animal intestines. The kind they use for
ad, but my tone brooked no argument. She scurried
th the remaining liquor. Then, I lit the candle again and heated a thin iron poker from the fireplace tools. Carefully, I coated the in
e. It was i
ith a look of pure awe. In her eyes, I was no longe
as a true test
hold his legs,"
carlet. She squeezed her eyes shut a
cedure, a necessary step to save a life. With the practiced, ste
flowed through the tube and into the wo
breath I didn't realize I'd been holding. I rechecked his ban
indows. Phoebe was asleep on her feet. I sent her to the small antechamber to rest, while I
ri. His breathing
e silver still circulating in his blood. My Gift's database screamed for chelation the
s. Herbalism. As soon as I had rested, I woul
hts drifted, floating back to the ma
mall, cruel smile played on my l
epared for her should be
t. A small, expensive bottle of lavender and chamomile essential oil. "To soothe y
tract from a plant known as the "Ghost Flower." It had a peculiar property: it temporarily brok
without a trace in a few days. No heal
te to prove her purity to a powerful, pridefu
, what expression Darren Contreras would wear whe
ould be sp
thought, I finally
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