“Here.” Evander retrieves a small bottle, following some rummaging around in his bag. He pulls out the stopper and hands it to me. “Drink this.” “What is it?” I sniff, trying to discern the ingredients in the tonic. “Not poison. I’m not going to kill you when you have Aurora’s magic within you.” He’s back to rummaging. “The paragon of kindness, aren’t you? Saving me, healing me, only so that your wolf king can do as he likes with me and Aurora once you deliver us to him.” I give the liquid a swirl, peering into the bottle. It doesn’t seem out of the ordinary, so far as I can tell. “I am
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