Offered to the Triplet Alphas

Chapter-14. Temporary treatment

[Xanthea]

"When did they start teaching about diseases of the immortals in the mortal world?" Lady Alessia asked.

"Why would mortals teach about immortals? How would they even know anything about us? They only make it to our packs once they are dead," Lady Letitia said. Then she glanced at me and maybe she realized I wasn't dead yet or maybe that I was still alive. "Or when we bring 'em here alive until they're dead."

"Ok, folks. I asked her a question and I am still waiting for an answer," said Nesryn as her intense look bore into me.

I contemplated my answer.

"Alchemy," I said. "In my realm... in ancient times... there had been many alchemists who laid the foundation for modern chemistry and medical science. I read about it in one such book called 'Alchemy of light'," I said, maintaining eye-contact with her.

"Hmm? Isn't alchemy ours?" Cedric asked with a confused pout.

"It is ours. But from time to time, we have shared our knowledge with the earthly realm through those contracts. What does their realm call it?" Lady Alessia asked thoughtfully.

"The devil's contracts, black magic. They have all kinds of strange terminology for it," Lady Letitia said.

"Right. Right. Those illiterates like giving such unusual names to our ancient and sacred knowledge. There's nothing black and nothing magical in this study. It's all just natural dark science." Lady Alessia said.

"Alchemy involves risks. Mortals are never careful no matter how much we warn them and when something goes wrong, they come and blame us. Call us evil, haunted and what-not!" Lady Letitia scoffed.

"Exactly! We're just being us, like they are being themselves. Although weaker than us, still we don't complain. We're naturally evil, but those nutters choose to be evil and to their own blood more often than you think. They can always choose to be kinder to their own kind and kin, but they're just ruthless. Can you believe it? Being so cruel to their own blood?"

Lady Alessia's words etched through my chest, scraping uneasiness into my veins. I dropped my weary gaze with a tight gulp.

"Here, High lady, drink this..." Nesryn quickly prepared a concoction out of the herbs and boiling water and helped the High lady to drink it.

Taking a deep breath, I stopped the struggling emotions to rise to my chest.

Everyone silently watched the High lady. I watched them with something warm sprawling in my chest. I don't know what I was feeling because I had felt nothing like this before.

Maybe that was what a family looked like.

How everyone came together to care for the one who needed their attention the most. How their bonds needed nothing to grow stronger. There was company and belongingness, care and concern, strange uniqueness and profound individuality with rare acceptance.

I knew I could never be a part of this family. But just watching them from a distance felt like a soothing embrace of a mother.

"You need to finish the potion," Nesryn said.

High lady pushed the glass away and shook her head.

"Not anymore..."

Her complexion turned to a purple hue. I knit my brows.

added sweeteners to it," Nesryn said, but the High lady kept pushing away

don't want to drink

discomfort on her face wasn't because of the bitterness. It looked

her more intently. Her fingers were shaking

turned over to my mother's

stage of Thintoathanasia or TTA. A flow chart appeared in the image of my mind as I read through it and all

a mortal in old age might face. So, it often causes difficulty for the guts to digest and absorb the right nutrients

with the treatment so that the body can absorb maximum from the

were my mother's notes in

treatment as follows could add a more humane touch to it. Making the treatment a lot more

Their bodies might even reject the medicines in rare

raw medicines and asking them to keep it in their mouths, using their

their tongue. It can be far more effective than enforcing the prescribed treatment. Because the brain still has immortality factors and the absorption of medicines through their tongue makes it much

Once their body recovers enough to absorb the

way of treatment must be

to yourself?" Cedric's voice snapped me

down the medicines with a lot of struggle. Before she could gulp down

slapping her hands over her mouth, her eyes

back as she hiccoughed

at

forget to visit 00005s.org for the full experience. You

threw the medicine right at a maid who caught it

nothing... wrong with the medicines. They are the... best meds of all the Infernal packs. I

my chest. Was she blaming

don't bother..." High lady said in a tone that broke my

her phone,

really not come to see his mother

me kicked in, and I stepped forward, having

only read about. But deep down, I had a strong feeling in my guts

would bring the High

contents in those vials with the reference pictures I had in my mind. I

you are doing?" Nesryn asked,

chew it raw and keep

exactly are you to prescribe anything to our High lady?" Lady Alessia glared at me. "Just because you knew a little about this disease doesn't mean you are some

nine seeds of jixum, four petals of morarentha, dried roots of

blankly in a silence interrupted only by the High

devil's name!? Nes, what is she saying?" Lady

eyes before letting go

I get a warm, wet towel?" I asked,

the stained gown clean,

please chew this and keep it in your mouth. It would be much more helpful if you could allow its juice under your tongue." I peered at the floor as I presented her with the morarentha flower. "Even if it doesn't work, there will be

I was an outsider, and it was only logical for them to not trust me at all.