CHAPTER 5
A fizzing sound filled Johnathan’s ears and he awoke to find Erin holding out a glass containing a hazy liquid, with bubbles rushing to the top.
‘What is that?’ he asked with effort.
‘Something to make you feel better. I used the ingredients in your bag,’ she replied as he took the concoction from her. ‘You’ve got lots of interesting things in there. I never expected whole Gradda roots, or Pin’s Pyrite.’
‘It all came from the shop I worked at. My mentor, Alfred, managed to save it from the research facility. They sent a motor carriage to collect our apparatus and main ingredient stock,’ he explained bitterly and took a sip of Erin’s potion, swirling it around in his mouth to see if he could detect what she’d put in it. He smiled. ‘Foster Lynch, Ansillium and Woodhide. Classic
