Charles was quite sure that they had already lost far too much time, and was not inclined to waste any more.
“Go to my workroom,” he instructed clearly and with a tone that gave no room for discussion. “Fetch me a bottle of essence of dittany—two, in fact—, a roll of bandaging, and a bottle of laudanum for the pain. Summon them, do not waste time looking, and then return to me at once.”
He gave Barnabas one last look before turning his attentions instead to Lupus once more. Merlin, he was lucky to still have his jugular intact, though the paper-thin casing of the artery was perilously at risk of perforating if Lou’s heartrate rose to high. Instinctively, Chares tore a strip from his robes, wadding it up and holding it against the throbbing vein in a desperate, pre-emptive defence against his son’s rapidly approaching death.
“Go to my workroom,” he instructed clearly and with a tone that gave no room for discussion. “Fetch me a bottle of essence of dittany—two, in fact—, a roll of bandaging, and a bottle of laudanum for the pain. Summon them, do not waste time looking, and then return to me at once.”
He gave Barnabas one last look before turning his attentions instead to Lupus once more. Merlin, he was lucky to still have his jugular intact, though the paper-thin casing of the artery was perilously at risk of perforating if Lou’s heartrate rose to high. Instinctively, Chares tore a strip from his robes, wadding it up and holding it against the throbbing vein in a desperate, pre-emptive defence against his son’s rapidly approaching death.
lady makes pretty things <3