Two:
Another day and a half of this waking nightmare nearly had me prepared to commit a few murders! Not to mention, I longed for a long hot bath! My dad insisted that the alchemical goop was constantly purifying my body. That did not make me feel any less ick. Forgive me if I’m less than sold on the purifying properties of alchemical substances! Sometimes a good old-fashioned bath is all a girl wants or needs. By sometimes, I mean like twice a fecking day if she’s anything like me!
“Mavis, do you need a hand?”
Aurelia asked as she lowered a large rope ladder into the cauldron. I could have jumped out, but my muscles were still smarting something fierce from the recent injuries. After an undetermined period floating in alchemical solution, I was ready for a bit of normal. Like simply cl
