chapter 36

My head was pounding by the time Alec left me at Greta’s tent. I think I mumbled a thank you before he left, but with the hangover in full force, it was difficult to remember.

“Is it bright out there or did you have too much to drink last night?” Greta said by way of greeting as she opened her tent flap.

“Both,” I admitted.

She chuckled. “Come on in, I have something to fix that.”

I followed her into her tent and sat down in a chair next to her little table. She busied herself pouring something into a cup, then walked over to me.

“It tastes like death, but it’ll knock the hangover out.” She set a glass of brown liquid down in front of me.

I picked up the cup. “Cheers.” After a hesitant sip, I nearly spit the liquid across the room. “You were not kidding.”

She sat in the chair across from me. “It’s easier if you do it all at once.”

After a steadying breath, I knocked the drink back, fighting my gag reflex as I swallowed it all. Wincing, I set the glass on the table. “What was that?”

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