Barren? Honey, I'm Just Getting Started
Then she let out a dry, raspy chuckle and reached down, grabbing a small brown jar instead of the blue ones.
"Take this," she said, slapping it on the wood. "Dried dandelion root, bitter melon, and ash-leaf. It won't starve you, but it'll flush the remaining fluid out of your tissue and tone your muscle within a week. Five dollars."
I dropped the cash on the counter, along with the money for the ash wash.
"You've got a look in your eye tonight," Maeve said, stirring the thick grey copper paste for my scent blocker. "You look like a girl who stopped waiting on a ghost."