The Scent of Suspicion

I take a step over toward the container that Cora pulled the gauze out of and give the solution a whiff. “What is this liquid the gauze is soaking in?”

“It’s a solution designed to sterilize the needles and clean the open wound so that there’s no infection,” Alden explains. “We’ve been using the same alcohol base with some soothing herbs for centuries.”

It doesn’t seem like much. The needle is so