Shifter Secrets by T.K. Eldridge

Author:T.K. Eldridge [T.K. Eldridge]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Graffridge Publishing
Published: 2020-11-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Sid

I lay wrapped in a thick quilt on the chaise that Abraham Ricker used as his exam table. The man looked to be in his nineties, when he was really coming up on almost five centuries. One of the most brilliant witch apothecaries in the world, Abraham had taken on my cousin Jolie Fortin as an apprentice when she’d confessed to nearly killing my mother a while ago.

Now, he gestured and adjusted his narrow, gold-rimmed glasses while Jolie took a blood sample, a hair sample, had me go into the bathroom and give them a urine sample. They then let me lie still and rest while a mix of herbs bubbled in a small cauldron over a candle flame, filling the air with a moist fragrance that made me want to sleep.

I dozed off and on, lost track of time – again – and woke to Jolie offering me a cup of something to sip. Honeyed, warm, with a bitter aftertaste, I sipped what I was given and closed my eyes once more.

“She will need to be given this three times a day for a week, then morning and evening for a full moon cycle,” I heard Abraham say.

“What is wrong with her?” Grandma asked.

“Pheromone poisoning,” he replied.

My brain skittered around, trying to process what ‘pheromone poisoning’ could be, but luckily, Grandma kept talking.

“What is that? I’ve never heard of it,” Grams said.

“It’s very rare. Very old attack on shifters. If she were full shifter, she’d be dead already. Her other aspects have kept her from suffering the full impact of the poison,” Abraham said. “Someone made a spray or potion, used it where she would breathe or ingest it several times, and it poisoned her.”

“Will there be side effects of this potion?”

“She may not have much of an appetite. You will need to encourage her to eat or drink protein shakes,” Jolie answered. “It’s why it’s made with a honey base, to help with strengthening.”

“How do we find out how she was poisoned?” Grams asked.

“Well, it’s something witches made for shifters to use on each other. Has she been around strange shifters recently?” Jolie asked.

I heard Grams make a low, angry sound. “If it is who I think it is that did this, that boy is going to be lucky if he can find his balls to lick them when I’m done with him.”

The only new shifter I’d been around was Nico. But he loved me, he wouldn’t do this to me. I made a sound, but I couldn’t quite pull myself out of the haze to speak.

The next thing I knew, I was in Gram’s van, strapped into the bed she’d rigged for Mom a while back. I heard her talking but we were the only two in the van, so she must be on her phone. It was too much effort to focus, so I closed my eyes and drifted back into oblivion.

Time lost all meaning. I woke to be fed soups or protein shakes flavored with fresh fruit or chocolate.

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