“Just a little bit of humpus flower and a pinch of salty water from the rinos River and…” Hayley stirred the bowl slowly and smiled. “Perfect!”

She shrieked, jumping up as she did.

“Is it ready now?” Mary, one of the pack members that worked as a cleaner in Hayley’s family house asked.

“Yes, but one drop a day,” Hayley instructed, giving her the syrup in a small bottle.

“Thank you so much,” Mary said in awe as she collected the medicine from Hayley. Mary got up and began to leave the workshop Hayley had built at one corner of the pack house, but she paused in her tracks.

“Something...