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Chapter 8: The Lie And The Potion

Author: Blessed B
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-03 15:57:51

Scarlett's POV

The healer's den was filled with the scent of bitter herbs and old mysteries. Tethered to the air

was the scent of dried sage, crushed lavender, and something else yet more sharp—mossy and

acrid. I breathed carefully as I stepped between the outer shelves, not wishing for the hem of my

cloak to snag on the tiers of delicate jars and dusty woven baskets. A miscalculation, a

thoughtless knock, and it would all go crashing down—bottles, vials, my plans.

Moonlight had filtered in between the rafters overhead, leaving silver bars on the wooden floor.

The beams danced over the jars of powdered leaves, soaked roots, and desiccated fungi. Each

of them signed in scrawling letters. Each of them lethal in its own way.

I hadn't come for poultices or painkillers. I had no need for treating coughs or calming bruises. I

hadn't come for fixing what was broken.

I'd come to win.

I moved silently across the floor, my heart hammering harder than my feet. I knew this room. I

had been here b
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