I waited until Axel was asleep that night before I slipped out of bed, grabbed the bag from the apothecary, and took it down to the kitchen. I made tea with the ingredients, which I had to drink before packing them away.
I went back up to bed, and I slipped into bed without Axel knowing that I was gone. But once I got back into bed, he snuggled into me again. I thought I had woken him, but he didn't say anything. I knew he was still asleep and was responding to my closeness to him again.
It was not long before I succumbed to a light slumber, though it was not a restful sleep.
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My eyes opened almost immediately again, and I looked around to see that I wasn't in my bedroom with Axel anymore. I was standing in the middle of a room that was utterly unfamiliar to me. The wa
