The Elixir (The Fempiror Chronicles Book 4) by George Willson

Author:George Willson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2018-03-04T07:00:00+00:00

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The following day, Van Helsing and Seward traveled to the Westenra house again to check on Lucy. Despite trying various ideas with Lucy’s blood, he had so far been unable to prevent the Mutation serum from doing its work, though he was hopeful that their tactics were serving to at least slow it down. If this continued to fail, they would be out of options, and he would be forced to reveal what would have to happen if she were to turn.

Mrs. Westenra met them at the door, as usual, but she seemed a bit cross that morning.

“It is good to see you, gentlemen,” she said, leading them through the house. “I went into Lucy’s room last night to say good night, and I found it in a most deplorable state. The stench of the flowers in the room was downright suffocating. I cleaned the room right out after she was asleep and opened the doors to let the air in. I dare say she likely slept much better for it.”

“I’m sorry, madame,” Van Helsing said, “but you mean to tell me you removed all of the flowers from the room after we left last night?”

“Of course,” she said. “Lord only knows how you all were able to stand it in there, and what they were doing there to begin with?”

They entered Lucy’s room, and as Mrs. Westenra had said, the room smelled clean, and there was no sign of any of the garlic flowers anywhere. Their eyes fell on Lucy whose appearance had declined so dramatically that they feared she might already be dead.

“Madame, I thank you for your presence of mind,” Van Helsing said. “For now, we must attend to our patient.”

He ushered her out as she thanked him, and once the door was closed, he closed his eyes and shook his head in despair. “Poor, stupid woman. She tried to do right by her daughter, but in doing so, only served to speed her demise.”

Seward was already had Lucy’s side checking her over. “Doctor, she is barely breathing.”

“She is dying of blood loss, even still, John.”

“How is this even possible? There is no blood on the bed or anywhere in the room. She has no open wounds that we have ever been able to find. There is no way she could be losing blood, and she has even taken transfusions from two of us.”

“And she will need a third,” Van Helsing said.

“I will give what I can,” Seward offered, but Van Helsing stopped him.

“No, this time, the donor must be me,” Van Helsing said. “It has not been long enough for you to fully recover what you gave before, and this is my last hope for this poor girl.”

“What do you mean?” Seward asked.

“I have a blood condition of my own, John,” Van Helsing said. “It is why I refused to give before, but if I gave it to her now, she would be far better off than she would be if this continues to its fruition.

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