Preparing the remedy took two full days, Clara measuring and remeasuring each ingredient with a precision that left no room for error, aware that too little would prove useless against the accumulated poison while too much could kill him faster than the moonflower root itself.
She worked in the small chamber Dorian had arranged as her private laboratory, grinding roots and steeping herbs late into the night while Leo slept in the adjoining room, occasionally waking to bring her cups of water and quiet, sleepy encouragement before drifting back to bed. By the second evening, she had prepared the first careful dose, measured precisely according to calculations she had checked and rechecked against everything Mira had taught her about Lycan physiology.
Dorian escorted her to Alaric's chambe
