Blake Belladonna Novels & Stories

He thought that plant was extinct! “Thought you’d recognize the name,” Reyes continued. “My mother used to grow it in glass cases. ‘Too beautiful to touch,’ she said.” He gave a mock sigh. “And yet here it is… blooming inside you.” “You… bastard,” Triston growled, his voice weakening. Reyes crouched beside him again, lowering his voice like he was sharing a secret. “There’s no cure, Triston. None outside the castle walls of Nyxoria."

Her smile is small as she looks at me under her lashes. My hand slides into hers, shaking it as if we were complete strangers, which I guess we are. But still. I lean down and kiss the back of her hand. “Tora Lee Maldonado, Beta of the Silver Shadow Pack. It is nice to meet you as well, Estelle Louise.” My heart feels like it could jump from my chest. Argos is finally at ease and not causing me a complete headache. “Now what would you like to do now?” I ask her.

I led him to the pool area where no one could hear what we were about to talk about. “Spill it” Dale’s POV “I learned something last night. I think I know what that mission is all about…” I started explaining to her while she was just listening. “When I couldn’t sleep last night, I wanted to take a slipping pill but I noticed something strange. The pills that Stacey gave me and the pills that I found on Zae’s bed were not the same. Its texture was different and there’s quite a difference in its size including its smell!! I think I know my mission!”

“I have methods to counter all the things she has been planning so I have nothing to worry about. Both me and the shadow Wolves.” “Oh is that so.” I said and she nodded. “Keep doing what you are doing though. When due time comes, you're going to reap the benefits of everything that comes with it.” I nodded. “Thank you, Mistress.” “Here” she brought out a blue pill from her purse and handed it over to me. “Take this.” She said causing me to raise an eyebrow. I'd never seen a thing like that before. I collected it from her hand and swallowed it. It tasted slightly bitter.

Lightning flashes, giving me a single glimpse of the weapon before darkness takes over again, and it’s enough to make my blood run cold. “This is my favorite blade,” she explains as the witches circle around me again. “Do you know what it is? It’s a dragon talon, shaved down to be flat, but it maintains its ridge. I see how sharp your talons are. I’m sure Morgathra will have uses for yours.” “And his scales,” another witch chimes in. “And his blood!” another exclaims. Belladonna snaps her fingers and a hovel appears, a trapdoor lifted by two witches that must lead deep underground. My breath catches in my throat as I eye Belladonna wearily. “Where are you taking me?”

Amanda asked, doubt coloring her voice. “That’s what’s confusing me, too,” I replied. “In class, the master taught us that they’re extremely toxic, and you only have a few minutes to save yourself after exposure. My arm blistered and developed open wounds just from the berries’ sap. Even my wolf’s healing abilities couldn’t overcome their poison.” “Then it wasn’t belladonna,” she said, making my jaw clench. “Wait…” she added, “Belladonna has a twin called Shadowbell. They’re almost impossible to tell apart. Shadowbell is harmless once it’s properly prepared; that’s common knowledge among healers. But if the berries are eaten raw, they become poisonous.”

“They were afraid that we’d take the girl away to be sold. That’s what Orion…Deimos did to their children if he wasn’t pleased with them.” “Where did she even get the Belladonna?” Deacon asks. “You don’t have any in your herb garden?” “Yes, but not that much. I don’t use it a lot.” Belladonna, in minute dosages, has some healing properties. I always expressed my fears about having it on the property, but Deacon grows it in a greenhouse that he keeps locked and he’s the only one with a key. “Check your garden anyway, make sure no one went in there.”