Chapter 118

Artemisia POV

I gasp as it hits me like if Lisa took out a knife to stab me right into my stomach. Clasping my clothes, I fight to keep standing upright, forcing my brain to stop making my surroundings spin.

“Bella donna?” Ramona asks, scrunching up her nose. “Are you tripping? This isn’t the moment to flirt!” 

“No, Ramona, he didn’t mean a beautiful woman, but the plant Belladonna. It’s often used as a medicine, for example as a sedative or a fever remedy. It’s also abused as a drug as it induces hallucinations. But it’s regarded as highly unsafe as the entire plant is toxic, and the berries as well as the leaves can be deadly even when consumed in small amounts,” I explain without taking my eyes off Hendrick while I feel my mouth going dry. 

Lisa groans and I can see the eye roll without even looki