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.”

confused. Last I remembered, I went to bed the night before after taking some sleeping pills. But oddly, everything felt much

take too much?” I asked, blinking

on earth possessed you to do something so horrible? If

my face. “Let’s not jump to conclusions. Edrick… Do you remember

“I think I might have gotten

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

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

that was what happened. I was relieved and thankful

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

a moment, then laughed and shook his head. “Of course

what?” I asked, feeling anger already beginning to bubble up inside of me. “I need my

When I looked over at her, she was frowning deeply at

shook my head incredulously. 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

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.

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

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