Chapter 146

Evelyn's POV Thunder Creek looked exactly like the photos we'd received—a small logging town tucked deep in Veridia's southwestern forests. Our convoy of mud-caked SUVs wound through stands of towering pines before finally pulling into the town's single main street, where the late afternoon shadows stretched long across the weathered storefronts and empty sidewalks. Ever since Leon told me about the Stellaris Moonbane Root in Thunder Creek, I sent Eryx to check it out. He'd barely finished briefing me upon his return when a series of chaotic incidents began unfolding. Leon's leg got hurt, so I had to speed up my plans to find the Stellaris Moonbane Root. I'd been reading about old plant medicines, and this one was supposed to be really good at healing people. Scientists think it can make cells work better and fight off bad stuff in the body. Alex has been sick a lot, and it's always worried me. I think it happened because of what I went through when I was pregnant with her. When werewo