One Girl, A Pack Of Beasts novel · Chapter 19 of 32
Chapter 19: The Tea
Kell woke under my cheek.
He didn't lift his head. He just opened his eyes and looked at the man kneeling in our yard.
"Get up, Brannon," I said.
"Not until you listen."
"I'm listening. Get up. You look ridiculous."
The firelight showed me everything I hadn't let myself see in the Hall.
The hollows under his cheekbones.
The way his big shoulders caved forward, as if his own chest was too heavy to carry.
"I can't hold the wolf," he said. "Not past an hour. I change, and my legs go, and I'm lying in the snow like a pup. The lion's the same. The healer says it's the dark month."
"It is the dark month."
"It was never like this. Not one winter in three years." He swallowed. "Not while you were there."
"Hester's tonic makes it worse. I know it does. I drink it and I sweat and I can't sleep." His voice cracked. "I need your tea, Willa. The nag tea. Brew it for me. Come back and brew it, and I'll..."
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