MAEVE'S POV
I was done with my treatment routine for the day and was presently cleaning up my healing supplies.
The medicine I had administered today was just a pinch of the actual dosage meant to fight against the worm's toxins.
For the last few days, I had been careful to only administer the drug in small amounts.
If I gave her the full medicine all at once, then there'd be no more need for a healer—and I definitely didn't want that.
Until I found a way to get access to the black book, it was safer for everyone to keep believing that the Luna was on a slow journey to recovery from the poisoning.
"My, my. You really must overestimate the hold you seem to have on my son. I'm sorry to break it to you, Maeve, but it's merely a fleeting rush of lust and nothing more. Do you know how many other women he's fucked—"
I paused then, heart stopping for a second. Other… women?
I forced myself to keep working, feigning indifference.
