Staring at Malik's prone form on the ground, with Alex hovering over him and checking his pulse, my heart stopped beating for a second. It couldn't just end here, could it? Alex had let go of his grudge against him, and he was now free from Crows' control. How pointless would everything be if he just died right here after all that?
I gripped Alex's arm with trembling hands. "But he isn't under the potion's effects anymore. What do you mean by it is killing him?"
"Alright, it's not exactly the potion that's killing him, but his withdrawal from it," Alex replied while running his hand through his hair. "It's not only Tansy that made it different from the village medicine. Crows added poison to it as a fail-safe. It won't kill him, but the moment he stops taking the potion, his body will un
