Alpha's Heart: Part Three by Skye Winters

Alpha's Heart: Part Three by Skye Winters

Author:Skye Winters [Winters, Skye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skye Winters
Published: 2014-11-17T08:00:00+00:00


Chapter Seven

"How is she?"

I jolted awake as Surrena walked into the room, carrying an assortment of flowers and roots before unloading them onto the floor. I was about to rise from the bed when I realized I was still partially naked.

"Unchanged," I said, dropping my gaze. Did I pass out? "She's been asleep ever since—"

"I know." Surrena grabbed her quiver and poured out its contents. With the arrows on the floor, she pulled something else from a small compartment I hadn't noticed earlier.

I frowned as I studied the small ceramic bowl and hammer. "A mortar and pestle?"

She shrugged. "As close as we're going to find out here. I used to use it for making poison-tipped arrows, but it'll work all the same."

"Once you clean it, you mean," I pointed out.

"It's been cleaned."

Surrena crouched beside the herbs and took her time breaking petals off one and leaves off another. She tossed the ingredients into the bowl and ground them with the ceramic hammer, loosening the natural juices until the herbs themselves were a thin paste.

I grimaced at the mixture, as much from its fecal-like appearance as the stench. "That smells horrible."

"And it will taste just as bad." Surrena offered me a sympathetic look. "Anything medicinal usually does." She rose to her feet to stand beside the bed. "Sit her up and hold her tight as you can. She isn't going to like this. Her wolf will probably lash out."

I hesitated.

"What is it?" Surrena cocked an eyebrow at me. "The more time you waste, the less likely this is going to work."

"I thought you said the effects would be instantaneous."

"For the vial of Wolfsbane, not the cure. Especially when I couldn't find the quality herbs I'd like."

"Which means it might not work?"

"It should. The herbs out here are sparse. They aren't flowering very well, but we'll work with what we've got."

I sat up and drew Rowan into my lap. The fur fell away from us, and I averted my gaze as I held Rowan's arms close to her body. She stirred, but she didn't wake.

The smirk I expected to find on Surrena's face when she found us naked wasn't there. Instead, her brow furrowed with concentration as she leaned forward, pressing the ceramic bowl to Rowan's lips.

"Tip her head back a bit," Surrena instructed, keeping her hands steady as her eyes focused on Rowan's lips. "There. Just like that."

"Shouldn't we wake her?" Won't she choke?

"That's what we're trying to do. She 's too far into the Wolfsbane's hold. The only way for us to draw her out is with this. She'll drink it, she just won't like it."

Making sure I had a firm grip on Rowan, I nodded to Surrena. The huntress was quick, holding Rowan's chin in her hand as she pried open her lips with the edge of the bowl.

Rowan thrashed in my arms, turning her head to one side and then the other to evade Surrena's cure.

I hugged her close and kissed behind her ear, which quickly resulted in another fit from Rowan and a bruised nose for me.



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