Chapter 0464

Hannah

“Hannah… Hannah, wake up…”

As if trudging my entire body through a layer of mud, I slowly returned to consciousness. And the first thing I became aware of as I returned to that consciousness was the overwhelming urge to vomit, quickly followed by the sensation of a headache that was pounding hard enough that it felt as if each throb might finally crack my skull from the inside.

Then, I cracked one eye open and immediately groaned and shut it again as the light from a nearby lamp blinded me with the force of a thousand suns.

“Oh, thank goodness. She’s awake. Hannah, are you alright?” Viona fanned my face gently with a magazine. “You’re gonna be fine…”

“Ugh… I’m gonna…” I felt hot bile rise in my throat, the urge to vomit no longer avoidable. Sensing this, my friend quickly turned me so I was on my side and rubbed my back while I retched into a small trash can.

When I was finally finished emptying the contents of my stomach, Viona paled and handed the can to the housekeeper, who hurried away to dispose of it.

Now that that was out of the way, I managed to open my eyes fully and sit up a little. I found myself in the living room, laying on the large sectional couch. Noah was sitting up on the other end of the sofa, hanging his head while Drake patted him on the back.

He looked just as awful as I felt. And worried.

“Hannah-” Noah began to rise to move to me, but Drake shoved him back down.

“Oh no, lover boy,” Drake chided. “She’s fine. Don’t try to get up. I’m not cleaning more of your puke up off the carpet.”

Noah looked fit to be tied, but I managed a small smile and sent a stroke of reassurance through the bond, causing him to relax just a little.

Viona handed me a glass of water. I gulped it down greedily and wiped my mouth with the back of my

hand.

I muttered, rubbing my other hand across my sweat–soaked forehead. The last thing I remembered was having

much to drink, though? Enough to make us

“Scopolamine poisoning.”

up, causing the room to spin around me. My eyes widened upon seeing the doctor standing by the fireplace. As my eyes focused, I realized that he looked a bit haggard, still in his pajamas as if

be best if we called your doctor right away,” Viona said, although there was a hint of distaste in her voice. She knew about Doctor Patel’s ‘frailty‘ claims and didn’t like him one bit, but I couldn’t blame her for thinking of calling

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Chapter 0464

Alphas who were breaking the norm by combining packs and retaining

doctor had said it

IV in my arm, which I hadn’t even noticed before during

pulled his stethoscope out of a nearby medical supply bag and listened to my heartbeat. “A

considering the fact that I just puked up my guts.”

his neck. “I don’t suspect that you do. Have you eaten or drank

the only thing that Noah and I had that the others didn’t tonight,” I said, gesturing vaguely in the direction of the bottle. Viona strode over and picked

all that?” Viona asked. “A

nodded. “It’s also known as ‘Devil’s Breath‘ on the street,” he explained. “In high doses, it can lead to low blood pressure, unconsciousness, confusion,

a big scare in the eighties; ‘some people believed that powdered Devil’s Breath could alter the state of someone’s mind in the right dose, allowing them to become more… pliant. Confused. That so much as a trace amount of it on a business card or in a drink could allow attackers or

But I suspect that the amount you likely have in your blood may be intended to do much more than that,” Doctor Patel said quietly, lowering his gaze. “At minimum, whoever did this intended to alter your

His voice trailed off.

Death.

I turned to Noah, who was sitting up ramrod straight by now. “You’re absolutely certain?” I asked, looking at the doctor. “Without

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