Nepeta X Equius Novels & Stories

She bobbed her head up and down as she stood from her stool and headed to a corner of the hut where thick vines lined the walls. Whistling a merry tune, Indah, the old priestess ambled about, plucking leaves from the vines and pulling up whole plants from their pots. "For the spell which you are working on, Indah believes you need more than just aconite. It is a powerful sedative, but would not do the trick completely. "If you are to kill the prince of the continent without any suspicion, then Indah suggests that you combine the aconite with this." She held up a plant whose leaves resembled the ears of a quinpar, a flying horse breed that was native to the kingdoms of Volcaris and Nebulos.

Baby Robbie and Jens glanced at each other, and the two seemed to have understood each other’s thoughts intuitively. “I finally understand why the poison administered by Faith to Chloe is so similar with Yorks Stronghold’s mind-control drugs,” said Jenson while showing a charming smile. Baby Robbie had a flash of realization and said, “Because Madam Nephele is a medical practitioner?” Jenson said, “Not only does she know hypnotism, but she’s able to command pythons and blend herbs and medications. Such medical practitioners are by no means orthodox medical students who graduated from major educational institutions, but they belong to a genre of quack doctors.”

I sat up and hugged her very tight. “Alpha Evans says you had a nightmare.” I shook my head sideways. “Not a nightmare. I remembered things.” I defended. “Seems you were under a spell all along.” Katrina mumbled. “What spell?” my curiosity heightened. “Nepenthe. It was originally formulated by Odyssey to relief sorrow." She sighed. “Never knew it was really in use.” “I used the Mnemosyne to repel it.” She explained. “The burning of rosemary, frankincense and sage gave it a boost.”

I click the picture and the description pops up. 'The plant, Aconitum napellus, or Wolfsbane, is the commonly known cure or weapon against the fantastical creatures, known as werewolves. Though this isn't just a mythical plant whose only purpose is to fight those creatures of the night, it also contains many other dark and deadly secrets.' She was poisoned?!

It used the beads to drive Jonathan further into his obsession—into madness. In truth, the Blood of Essence of Echidna's descendants could never bring anyone back from the dead. Jonathan had been deceived. I had seen it with my own eyes. The prayer beads glowed gold, and Anna's face glowed too. It was something only I could see after my apotheosis. Of course, the mage could never raise the dead. At best, it could grant a brief return, letting life flicker for one last time. But… That wasn't nearly enough for me.

Lee, who was kneeling beside a peculiar-looking plant with broad, velvety leaves. "Recognize this one?" Dr. Lee asked, his eyes sparkling with curiosity. Sebastian's gaze narrowed as he examined the plant. "Ah, yes! This is 'Nirbhedra' – a rare herb prized for its medicinal properties." Adeline's eyes widened. "What kind of properties?" Sebastian's eyes lit up. "In ancient times, Nirbhedra was used to treat various ailments—fever, rheumatism, and even snake bites." Dr. Lee nodded. "That's right! The tribal communities around here still use it in their traditional remedies."

“No. 100, Scrophularia ningpoensis. Correct.” After Kevin read the final answer out loud, he took a deep breath and then looked at James. “Impossible.” Francois exclaimed, “He must’ve cheated.”

"I'm just going to tell you a few things. Olga isn't an ordinary Kerieko. She was considered a genius, knows a lot of potions and spell. More than that, a mystery which no one couldn't answer is, she keeps a Nepa as company." My brows furrowed. "Nepa is a creature of the dark—an ancient relic. I knew nothing about it except what the elders had said that one may possess the Nepa if he had strode through the valleys of death."

“You believe me now?” “We figured out ‘cator’ and ‘op lado’. Well, Rasmus did.” “What are they?” I wondered aloud “Abrus precatorius and atropa belladonna. The first is the technical name for jequirity bean. The same thing Seb allegedly purchased from Emil Skytte.” Lise said, drily. “So...it wasn’t him?!” “I doubt it.” She shook her head. “I wanted to question him! No wonder Seb was so against it!” I swallowed the last of the pie and grabbed the bottle of water Lise had hidden somewhere in her stupid grey skirts.

She had spent over half of that time trying to create a cure with the help of the Aequivalere. The Aequivalere is an association of supernatural creatures that played referee, making sure that each species more or less behaved themselves and kept their existence hidden from the general human populace. Lily helped them stop the werewolf Xavier Thompson from creating more hybrids like her and all his other dark research and in exchange, she worked from them and they helped her research a cure, though so far they hadn’t gone far in all this time.