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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