Poison. I'd always called it "the delivery" or "the package" to put distance between it and myself. Deep down, though, I knew from my own limited experience with it. It wasn't just moonshine and wolfsbane and some of Ama's herbs because the combination was powerful. I knew this, and I hated that I did.

But I didn't know how he knew and why he seemed so affected by it.

I waited, feeling like I should reach out and touch him, gently coax more out of him. Maybe this ...