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She explained the three stages of the poison to him as she prepared the vial:
Isolde looked at him and saw not a traitor, but a desperate animal. She agreed to help him, but warned him of the cost. To fake a death convincingly enough to fool the King's hounds, Julian would have to take a tincture of Atropa belladonna —the Deadly Nightshade. nightshade
One autumn evening, as the fog rolled in like cold smoke, a young man named Julian arrived at her gate. He wore the heavy, fur-lined cloak of the Northern Guard, but his face was hollowed by a terror that no armor could protect against. She explained the three stages of the poison
It would widen his pupils until his eyes were as black as obsidian. He would see the world through a terrifying, beautiful haze. One autumn evening, as the fog rolled in