EVERYTHING felt like a joke. Truly, like the Moon Goddess was playing some kind of a cruel one on me. I felt out of my mind when my feet dragged across the ground. The more I saw Sawyer’s party retreat back to where we came from, the more I was being sucked out of my soul. My body was still functioning but everything inside of me was slowly becoming dead.
As it turned out, it did not need a lot to make Rhys better. Knox was playing us from the start. It was nothing but a simple poison. Deathly, yes. It could result in a very bad end. But to reverse it, you only need a couple of plants, remedies, and a bath full of salt, and you will be as good as new. I thought it would require soul-eating medicine, but when I saw the small smile of victory on Knox’s face, I knew it was his plan all along
