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Meredith moaned loader.
“Meredith?” Adrian asked as he knelt beside her. “You feeling anything?”
She slowly sat up. “Yeah. I think I feel better.”
Thank God.
Max knelt beside her. “Hey, cutie pie.”
“Max?”
“Yeah. How’s your wolf? How are you doing?”
“I’m okay. Actually…” She sat up, and my heart started racing. “I don’t know…” She gasped. “I…I—” She rolled over onto her hands and knees and threw up.
My limbs felt numb as a trail of blood hit the roof. “Oh fuck.” I stumbled back a few steps. This couldn’t be happening.
It hadn’t worked. I’d failed.
o;Tess. You need to move through this part faster,” Adrian said. “You’re running out of time with the spell’s potency.”
Shit. Chris pulled me to my feet.
I stepped over to the table, and wiped my hands on my jeans. I didn’t want to accidentally drop any of the potions. Meredith might not make it until tomorrow, even if we could redo all of this.
I peeked at the spell book. The nasty blood sludge was the first to go into the pot. Just a half a teaspoon. Then one tablespoon of the ash mixture and two drops of the blue liquid. I had to repeat each step three times.
“Why didn’t we do this all before?” I asked.
“Because it has to be fresh. The potion doesn’t last long once it’s mixed.”
“Right.” I started the process, trying to hurry but at the same time, be meticulous about it. My hands shook as I worked. A feeling of unease moved through me, but I shoved it down. There wasn’t time to question things. I double checked the book, and added the second round of ingredients.
I thought of good. I was going to help Meredith. I pictured her happy and healthy in my mind.
When I was done, I stepped back from the table and waited.
I’d been hoping something would happen as I added everything together, like how the candles changed, but nothing did. Something was wrong. “Are you sure this spell is right?”
“Yes. Be confident. It won’t work if you aren’t,” Adrian said, and I wanted to punch him. Without meaning to, he was undermining every bit of confidence I had.
A headache started brewing, making me feel woozy.
God. I hoped I was bringing the light or whatever the hell I was supposed to be doing.
I felt Dastien behind me before he put his hands on my shoulders. “Calm, cherie. You can do this.”
I let out a shaky breath. “Okay. But I’m starting to think this isn’t such a good idea. What if there’s something wrong with the spell? Or with the ingredients? Or something.”
Chris and Adrian started arguing quietly, but my ears were ringing—making it hard to hear them.
“No. It’s right. We triple checked it. I promise. This is going to work. Believe in it,” Adrian said.
“Okay.” But I wasn’t sure I meant it.
Maybe I was being crazy. Nerves were getting to me, but I was almost done. I shoved the doubts away.
This was my plan. We were adding to the curse, but it was to help Meredith. Once the wolf was quiet, she’d be fine again.
