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.”

some sleeping pills. But oddly, everything felt much fuzzier than normal. I

take too much?” I asked, blinking rapidly to refocus my

much? Too much!” she reprimanded. “You took the entire bottle! What on earth possessed you to do something so horrible? If it

now,” the doctor intervened, noticing the baffled expression on my face. “Let’s not jump to conclusions. Edrick… Do you remember how many

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 meant to,” I said. “I don’t

again, and everyone in the room let out a sigh of relief. The 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

mind. “I kept trying to stop you, but the pills made it so you

was what happened. I was relieved and thankful that my wolf

sitting up with ease. “I promise it won’t happen

and shook his head. “Of course

feeling anger already beginning to bubble up

stockpile of pills,” Selina interrupted. When I looked over at her, she was frowning

This couldn’t be happening; I needed my medication. I paid the doctor out of my own pocket,

a child,” I said angrily. “You can’t just confiscate my own medication

she was looking up at me with tears in her eyes. I realized then from the look on her face and the way that she was gripping my hand that she must have been so terrified when she found me lying on the floor that morning, and it made me feel like a major jerk for allowing that to happen. “Please listen to the doctor. That

and terrified, and the longer I looked at her, the more I became angry with myself for letting her see me like that. Maybe

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