Chapter 1017

Braden walked over to Selena and handed her a small bottle.

Instinctively, she pulled back. "What’s this?"

"It will help with the effects you're feeling," Braden explained.

Selena's eyes lit up. "Oh, really? Something like that exists?"

Taking the bottle, she inhaled deeply. A refreshing minty scent hit her senses, and soon after, the heaviness in her body and the fog in her mind began to lift.

"Where did you get this? It’s amazing," she asked, intrigued.

Braden didn’t answer, simply taking the bottle back from her hand.

Selena blinked in surprise. "Wait, you’re not giving it to me?"

Braden stayed silent, as usual.

“Always the quiet one,” Selena thought, slightly exasperated by his lack of words. She even considered asking Aveline to assign someone else to protect her—someone with a bit more personality. But on second thought, his quiet demeanor did save her from a lot of unnecessary conversations.

As a cool breeze swept by, the last traces of her discomfort vanished. She got back int