REMI POV
"Drink this."
I woke up choking. Smoke everywhere. Bitter liquid being forced down my throat.
"Easy, child. Easy." My grandmother's face appeared through the haze. "The smoke is helping you."
"Helping me what? Die faster?" I coughed. Gagged on whatever she'd just made me drink.
"Helping you survive." She pressed the cup harder against my lips. "Drink all of it. Now."
It tasted like dirt and death and something worse. But I drank.
"What is it?" I gasped.
"Moonflower and bloodroot. It'll mask the mate bond for a few hours."
"Mask it?"
"The bond is killing you, Remi. Pulling you back to him. This gives you time." She packed more herbs into the fire. The smoke got thicker. "Maybe six hours. Maybe less."
"And then?"
"Then it comes back. Stronger. Angrier." Her eyes were sad
