Capítulo 144: The Oddities

Jerrick nodded. "A potent poison. You were covered in its spores, and somehow…"

"It's probably the other poisons in my system," Jessamyn shrugged. "They acted together to—"

"The mixture of poisons should have been lethal and killed you."

"Why didn't the Datura kill you? If I was covered in spores and you were—Ugh!" she gasped. "When did you tear away my clothes? How long was I…" naked?

She covered her mouth, wide with shock. Jerrick raised his brows, cocked his head, and smirked.

"Never mind!" Jessamyn quickly closed her ears, not wanting to hear him speak.

From what Isadora had told her, she had been in his "embrace" from the moment he picked her up, and it was a long way from where she fell to Theodulf Castle.