Gerald's POV
"She shouldn't be far from me." I breathed forcefully. "Not at this time."
"Lick the syrup." Alex stood in front of me, shielding me from the view of the other Alphas. "It will help."
The smell was that of raw egg that was almost going bad, and it made me want to throw up. I put a finger inside it, and brought it to my mouth.
"Take all of it, for now, you can't do without it."
Seizing my breath and holding my nose with two fingers of my left hand, I poured all of it into my mouth.
"It's that simple," Alex said. "Your body will feel too weak to react to any changes."
I closed my eyes for about two minutes, and the strange calmness I felt was like hands massaging my head, subtly going into my head and then my heart to press down my emotions.
But I felt empty afterwards.
