Back at the residence the Council had assigned us, Mia opened the bottle of painkillers. Her expression changed at once. "This doesn't smell right."
She took the pills to the Council clinic for testing.
It took the clinic 2 days to identify every ingredient.
By the time the results came back, I could no longer stand upright from the pain. The bottle did not contain painkillers at all. It was filled with pills designed to induce heat.
Yet the label and seal looked untouched.
Vera was the only person who could have tampered with the bottle while Kane was picking it up, then resealed it afterward.
I slipped the bottle into my coat and went with Mia to the Northreach apothecary.
A full dose of silverleaf could stop the antidote from turning toxic. It was already too late to save me, but
