Chapter 175: Homeopathic Methods

Edrick

“Oh, good. He’s waking up.”

The first thing I noticed when I came back to consciousness was a splitting headache pounding in my skull. When I finally cracked open my eyes, squinting against even the dim light of my bedside table, I saw three figures bent over me. And, judging from the hardness under my back and the position I was lying in, I quickly realized that I was laid out on the floor rather than my bed.

“Wh…What happened?” I muttered, noticing the distinct feeling of nausea rolling around in my stomach as though I had had too many drinks the night before and was now hungover.

“Shh. You’re alright,” a male voice said. My eyes slowly came into focus, and the blurriness in my vision faded enough for me to see that my doctor was standing over me with a concerned look on his face and his stethoscope in his ears. Behind him, I could see Selina standing there with her arms folded across her chest and disappointment in her eyes. On my other side, Moana was staring intently at me and was holding my hand so tightly that it seemed as though her life depended on it.

“Well, you’re lucky you’re a werewolf,” the doctor said with an exasperated sigh as he finished listening to my heartbeat and put his stethoscope back around his neck. “That many pills could have killed a human, but you won’t have any lasting damage.”

I remembered, I went to bed the night before after taking some sleeping pills. But oddly, everything felt much fuzzier than normal. I had never felt this

much?” I asked, blinking rapidly to refocus

the entire bottle! What on earth possessed you to do something so horrible? If it weren’t for Moana finding you this morning,

intervened, noticing the baffled expression on my face. “Let’s not jump to conclusions. Edrick…

my head. It was starting to come back to me, but it was still fuzzy. “I think I might have gotten up a few more times than I

doctor pursed his lips thoughtfully before answering. “It’s not uncommon. If you take too many at first, you can forget how much you took before. It can be quite dangerous, and it does lead to accidental overdoses. Like I said, you’re lucky that you’re a werewolf and not a human. I’m guessing that your wolf had to put you into a bit of a dormant state in order to stop the poison

said in my mind. “I kept trying to stop you, but the pills made it so you couldn’t hear

what happened. I was relieved and thankful that my wolf

I said, sitting up with ease. “I

a moment, then laughed and shook his head. “Of course it won’t

to bubble up

at her, she was frowning deeply at me. She

my hand over my face and shook my head incredulously. This couldn’t be happening; I needed my medication. I paid the doctor out of my own pocket, and

angrily. “You can’t just confiscate my own medication that I

from the look on her face and the way that she was gripping my hand that she must have been

few moments. She looked haggard and terrified, and the longer I looked at her, the more I became angry with myself for letting her see me like that. Maybe she was right; if that medication was dangerous, maybe I shouldn’t take it. I didn’t

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