After giving His Highness the "prince" a pep talk and strengthening his resolve to defy "paternal authority" and fight his younger brother, who held the right of succession, to the bitter end, Nick returned to his desk and got back to work.
But before he had even settled into his seat, he received a call from Rosalie. The fox lady said she and Monroe might have found something.
By the time Nick hurried back to the spice shop, Monroe and Rosalie were leisurely enjoying afternoon tea in the workroom behind the store.
"You've already finished sorting everything?" At the sight that greeted him, Nick instinctively raised his wrist to check his watch. Less than two hours had passed since he left.
They said work was easier when men and women paired up, but wasn't this a little too efficient?
"The sorting will probably take another two days, but we found this." Monroe placed a bottle on the table, looking very pleased with himself.
"Rosalie found these in a cardboard box. The box had been torn open, and the aluminum case inside probably originally held quite a few bottles like this. Now less than half are left."
"What is this stuff?"
Nick took the bottle and held it up to the light. Inside was a white powder with a faint yellowish tint, but he was fairly certain it wasn't an illegal drug, since the forensic team's report had already come back.
Nothing in the warehouse was made from human remains, and there was no contraband. There were some poisonous herbs, such as wolfsbane, but
none were regulated substances.
"This is J, a drug extracted from mold. You could think of it as a byproduct Chain accidentally discovered while purifying penicillin back then. It's lethal to most humans.
"But for Wesen, its