Chapter 25

We entered the modest clinic and, to my surprise, the doctor received me with the warmest of smiles. If he felt anger towards me he did not let it show at all. He took care of Sadie’s wound right away while Tucker held her because the poor thing had never been treated by a doctor and she was afraid of him, she kept putting her hands in the way and taking Maurice's instruments away.

Meanwhile, I walked around the small clinic, Maurice had thousands of medicine bottles with labels and numerous books. On one of his shelves, I found something that made me gasp with horror, inside a glass box were the three largest and most terrifying snakes I had ever seen. I took a step back, horrified by what I was seeing. Tucker and Maurice came to my side to see what had happened.

“What is going on?” Tucker asked as Maurice giggled.

"Her Majesty has found my most prized