Scout’s POV
"I am telling you, it works." I pushed the thin blanket off my legs and swung my feet around. The floor tiles felt like ice against my skin, but the chill helped clear my head. "Poisons aren’t always just killers. Sometimes they are the only answer. Mourning moon toxins hide in the deep tissues where normal medicine cannot go. Wolfsbane is aggressive. If we use the right amount, it will hunt down those toxins and pull them out of his blood."
Nathan stared at me like I had just suggested we set the building on fire. "That is the most insane thing I have ever heard."
"No," Dr. Alice said. She stood by the bed, her eyes fixed on me. She looked like she was seeing me for the very first time. "It is actually quite brilliant. The way those two chemicals react would cause a vacuum
