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The Wilderness Deception Chapter 10
"Lady Elara, the results of the entrance trials for the thirty-seventh batch of apprentices are out!"A young apprentice ran into the herb garden, beaming and carrying a thick stack of parchment.I looked up from my records. "What's the pass rate?""Eighty percent! And twelve of the children earned perfect marks in herb identification!"A small smile touched my lips as I took the scrolls.It had been three months.From the day I pinned on the Chief Healer insignia, the Nightbane infirmary was completely transformed.I tore down the walls of the old infirmary and, on the most fertile stretch of land east of the pack grounds, built a grand Healer's Academy.Three hundred apprentices studied herbalism, toxicology, acupuncture, and surgery day and night.My books, the Encyclopedia of Herb Identification and Introduction to Toxicology, were copied thousands of times and distributed to every village in the North.Now, every household in Nightbane knew at least three life-saving herbs.The pl
The Wilderness Deception Chapter 9
Ryker's fingers gripped my medicine basket, his knuckles white with agony.Blackish-purple blood gushed from his wound, burning the muddy ground with a noxious white smoke.I watched him, calmly crouching down, my gaze sweeping over his festering wound.I crouched and lightly touched the wound on his chest, where black blood oozed.I dabbed a little on my fingertip and brought it to my nose."Three parts wolfsbane, two parts night-wolf root, one part bone-rot vine," I recited the formula softly.Ryker's pupils contracted."A formula I know well. As, I imagine, do you," I said with a cold smile.This was the same poison he had personally applied to my broken leg every day in the wilderness.I saw his lips tremble, but he couldn't form a word.I stood up and mercilessly pried his fingers from my basket, one by one."Elara... please..." he whimpered, not giving up.I slowly rose and dusted the blood from my hands."Ryker," my voice was quiet, but it chilled the air, "I am a Healer. I save
The Wilderness Deception Chapter 8
I withdrew the ladle. Alaric's face paled as he stiffly retreated.Just then, a shrill scream cut through the square."You're all being deceived by her!"I looked up to see a disheveled Selena charging out from the crowd.Her skirt was smeared with mud, her makeup was a smeared ruin, and her eyes were bloodshot."Don't drink it! It's poison! You'll die if you drink it!"She ran wildly to the center of the square and kicked over the cauldron of medicine at my feet.The pale gold antidote spilled across the ground."Elara is a fraud! She wants to poison the entire pack for revenge!" Selena pointed at me, screaming hysterically.A murmur of unease rippled through the crowd. Several of the afflicted, about to drink the medicine, hesitated.I put down the wooden ladle and looked her straight in the eye."Selena, are you certain you want to stand here and debate pharmacology with me?""Of course I'm certain!" she shrieked. "What's the formula for this medicine? Tell us! Do you dare?"I smile
The Wilderness Deception Chapter 7
"Master, they've carried out another dozen bodies from the pack grounds."The black wolf, now in his human form, knelt before me, his voice low.He was the only one among the rogue wolves old enough to manifest a half-human form. I had named him Kade.My hand, stirring a potion, paused."They say Selena has locked herself in the infirmary for three days. Every potion she brews is darker and more toxic than the last. The patients who drink it die moments later, bleeding from their eyes, nose, and mouth."Selena couldn't even tell the difference between poison and medicine. The thought of her healing anyone was absurd."What else?" I asked, stirring the potion. "What is Alaric's reaction?""Alpha Alaric is already questioning Lady Selena in the council hall." Kade looked up at me. "Also, Ryker smashed everything in the cabin. He's been starving himself for days, and his grief is causing his wolf soul to fester. Alaric's men had to drag him back for the meeting. He's a walking corpse."T
The Wilderness Deception Chapter 6
[Selena's POV]"Lady Selena! Three more have died! There are bodies piling up outside the infirmary!"A young maidservant scrambled into the inner hall, her voice shrill and piercing.Selena slammed down the pestle in her hand. "So they died! What are you screaming for!"She flipped impatiently through the thick manuscript Elara had written. She couldn't make sense of the dense symbols and formulas."My lady, Alpha Alaric is here..."Before she could finish, the door to the council hall was kicked open.Alaric stood there in full armor, his expression thunderous."Selena. Seventeen more of our people died today."He slammed a list of names down in front of her."Do you even know how to heal?"Selena rushed into his arms, tears instantly welling in her eyes. "Alaric, don't blame me. The plague came on so suddenly. Even the witches are powerless. How could I possibly save everyone by myself?""Elara never failed," Alaric cut her off, his gaze sharp. "You have her manuscript. You have her
The Wilderness Deception Chapter 5
"Elara, no!"Ryker's roar was shredded by the raging wind.I gave him one last look.Those eyes, the ones that had deceived me with countless lies, now held a devastation I had never seen.But it was too late.My body was falling. The wind shrieked in my ears, and the blood-red moonlight receded into a frantic blur.From the top of the cliff, I heard a roar like the death cry of a beast."ELARA!!"The sound tore through the storm.But I didn't look back.The icy river water cut into my flesh like knives. The river's deadly undercurrent dragged me toward the bottom.I clenched my jaw, fumbling at my waist underwater. The sinew rope was still there.This time, my gamble had paid off.The other end of the sinew rope was tied to a buoyant, hollow log I had secretly wedged beneath a reef the night before. They were the same logs Ryker himself had treated for extra buoyancy.I clung to the rope, letting the fierce current sweep me downstream, my broken leg smashing against the rocks until it
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