Chapter 15
SolenneBoxon Hill
Northern Pasture
The heat lingered well after sunset. Sweat collected in her lower back. No matter how many times Solenne plucked away the fabric, it clung to all her uncomfortable places with determination.
Near full, the moon cast enough light that she could see well enough to pick her way through the northern pasture. Luis did not want her to venture out, but Alek nearly consumed all her store of wolfsbane. The seedlings in the greenhouse would not be ready for weeks. She needed to replenish now, which meant a moonlight stroll.
Gathering the blossoms on the equinox or solstice was best for potency but impractical. A full moon was better, but gathering by moonlight would do. She didn’t know how she knew those things; she just did. Luis would say it was a
