The War God Alpha’s Arranged Bride Novel

---- Chapter 84 [Evelyn's POV] Son of a bitch!! What the hell is going on?! Oh God! I'm trapped! Please! Someone! Anyone! Help mel! Trapped. That was the best way | could describe the sensation that was being inflicted on me. | was trapped. Stuck inside my own mind with no means of control. | couldn't even bring myself to open my damn eyes. It was like someone had torn my body apart from my mind. No matter how hard | tried, | couldn't get a single part of myself to move. All of my muscles felt like they had been locked ina vice from which | had no escape.

Soon came the rushing fiery heat that spread like wildfire throughout my veins. It was terrifying. And as if things couldn't get any more unsettling, | kept hearing a voice. A soft, firm voice that called out like a hand reaching out to me through the dark. Evelyn..." My heart rate picked up. Alexander. ---- A spark of hope spread through me, knowing that he had found me in my paralyzed state | was enveloped in a warm cape of security that made me feel safe for the time being. Wait, was he holding me?

Before | knew what was going on, that warmth evaporated and was replaced with a heavy weight of water. It was too much of | was desperate to show that | was still there. In my mind, | was practically screaming at the top of my lungs. "I'm here! Please, don't leave me alone." "...We don't know what poison you ingested. But something tells me that it's not going to be entirely easy to flush out of your system right away...But whatever happens, | promise that I'm not going to leave your side..." Poison? It was suddenly all rushing back to me. | was in the tent next to the greenhouse.

I'd been there to test out the newest batch of tea that | was getting ready to ship out. | brewed some of the mixture and took a few sips to check the balance of the flavors. Something had been off...And that so-called 'something' was what sent my body into total shutdown. | knew there was ---- something off about that mixture. It was a flavor that didn't make any sense. One that took me far too long to recognize. But once | figured it out, | knew there was no mistake. "Cherries," | whispered to myself. | distinctly remembered the sweet, bitter taste of cherries.

But the only problem was, that | hadn't added anything into the dry mixture that would give us such a flavor. Then it occurred to me. Having studied agriculture and the nature of various usable flowers and herbs, | had a lot of knowledge to back up my claim. Certain flowers and herbs, when dried and rehydrated could give off a unique taste that minced other things such as cherries and other fruits. Unfortunately, the top plant that came to mind was one that possessed a nasty reputation. "Belladonna." Belladonna was a tricky plant to work with.

If not measured carefully, one could run the risk of a wild overdose with effects that weren't always certain. Its main use, when working in the medical field, was as a type of sedative. It could be used as a natural muscle relaxer-hence why | could barely move a single part of my body. ---- It wasn't always recommended to be taken in a tea because everyone had a different style of brewing their own cup. The longer one would steep the mixture, the more they would end up. putting themselves at risk due to the plant's natural potency.

But the question still remained...How the fuck did Belladonna end up in my tea mixture? It wasn't even a plant that | felt comfortable working with. Not when there were far too great risks that could potentially happen