Nick called his friends and asked that they all met up at the spice shop.
Meeting there just made more sense since there was way more room than in the trailer, which Nick and Adalind went to first in order to gather all of the journals.
Adalind brought along some books she had inherited from relatives who had hated her mother.
"I can't believe our boss is not only wesen, but also apparently some kind of big shot." Hank commented.
Wu asked Nick, "Have you ever seen him, what's it called, woge?"
"No I haven't."
"The man has way too much self control to let his woge just slip out." Adalind said.
"Hard for me to imagine you dating a control freak." Felicia commented.
"He can be very charming when he wants to be." Adalind explained.'"It made it easy to be blind to his manipulations."
"That's something I can understand," said Rosalee, "I've had my own bad experiences with charmers who were really only out for themselves."
"At least none of them slept with your mother." Monroe blurted.
After receiving a glare from everyone in the room, he tried to smooth his slip by saying to Adalind, "Everything worked out though. Nick practically worships the ground you walk on. He would never do anything to hurt you. He would do everything in his power to protect you."
Nick and Adalind smiled at one another.
Their silent loving exchange was interrupted by Caroline shouting, "Oh my god! Guys, look at this."
The other looked at the entry Caroline had found in the spice shops collection of books.
"Well no wonder grimms and hexenbiests are enemies, usually. Grimm's blood can kill a hexenbiest." Monroe exclaimed.
"Most likely kill the wesen but leave the human in tact." Adalind explained.
Nick wrapped Adalind tightly in his arms. "We have to find a way to protect you. I don't want someone trying to use my blood to hurt you."
"There's also a chance that another grimm, one way more old school than you, and who would strongly disapprove of yours and Adalind's relationship, could try to kill her hexenbiest with their own blood." Felicia advised.
"If a grimm can take away the powers of a hexenbiest, can a hexenbiest take away the powers of a grimm?" Wu asked.
Realizing that those of their own kind could be their greatest threat, Nick and Adalind knew they needed immunity spells.
Strangely enough, the very book they needed was found when Wu went into the spice shop's side room in search of snacks.
He lifted the lid on what he thought was a cookie jar and found a small thick book.
After letting the other's know what he found, Wu and Caroline went out to get food, while Rosalee and Adalind looked over the information in the book completely dedicated to immunity spells and rituals.
"Why would your brother hide this book?" Monroe asked.
"The information here would be very valuable. A lot of wesen might go to dangerous lengths to obtain a book like this." Rosalee explained.
"I know more than a few hexen and zauberbiest who would literally kill to have a book like this." Adalind added.
"Are there any spells that would be useful to a grimm?" Nick asked.
"Just one, and luckily it's the spell we need. The one that prevents a grimm's powers from being taken."
"What about one that prevents your powers from being taken?"
Adalind smiled warmly at Nick's concern. "That's in here too."
"It's a little strange that the spell preventing grimm's blood from taking your powers includes grimm's blood as one of the ingredients." Monroe puzzled.
"Well vaccines are derived from the viruses they prevent." Hank offered.
"And unfortunately, there are a lot of spells with ingredients much stranger, and much more disturbing." Adalind shuddered. "I'm just glad neither spell involves digging up a corps."
Everyone was in agreement with that.
"Thankfully most of what we need is already in the shop." Rosalee said. "We'll just need to take some blood from Nick when we make Adalind's immunity potion."
"Whose immunity potion are we doing first?" Monroe asked.
"Adalind's." Nick said without hesitation.
By the firm conviction of his voice, the others knew not to argue with him.
"Part of the spell is that the grimm must draw his own blood willingly. It seems that the vital ingredient is that the grimm supplying the blood must want to protect the hexenbiest." Felicia read out loud.
"Emotion often play a part in spells." Adalind informed. "So it makes sense that for a hexenbiest to be protected from grimm's blood, she would have to be on good terms with a grimm."
"I would so you and Nick are on very good terms, given the smile that always spreads on his face whenever you call him." Hank teased.
"If they were on any better terms they would already be married." Monroe quipped. "Speaking of, how is the house hunting going?"
"It would be going better if our former real estate agent hadn't tried to hit on Adalind." Nick grumbled.
Adalind explained, "With how busy we usually are, Nick and I thought it best to get a real estate agent to help us. A coworker said his brother was an agent, so Nick and I hired him. Unfortunately, he called me telling me he wanted to show me a house but instead propositioned me. Actually suggested that we have sex in the house he was supposed to be selling. I fired him, reported him to his work, where I was informed they would be removing him as an agent, and I am now going to make sure he gets his licence to sell real estate taken away."
"I'd like to take his ability to walk away." Nick growled.
"I don't want you to get arrested or lose your job over some idiot." Adalind soothed him. "I'll make sure he regrets ever meeting me." She added with an evil grin. Allowing others to see a glimpse of the side of her that was known for being dangerous.
Nick wrapped Adalind in his arms, "Have I ever told you how sexy you are when you're vengeful."
Adalind leaned up and whispered in his ear, "You can show me later tonight."
"Alright you two. Remember I have a strong sense of smell and of hearing." Monroe warned.
Luckily for the poor blutbad's senses, Wu and Caroline came back with the food.
The group ate and went over what needed to be done for each potion. Adalind's immunity potion was pretty straight forward. The ingredient that was referred to in the book as the key and most difficult ingredient to get was the easiest for Adalind, the blood of a grimm, given willingly and with a desire to protect.
Adalind kissed Nick deeply as a way to distract him when Rosalee pricked his finger with a needle to take his blood.
"The book says that there might be an uncomfortable reaction, so be ready." Rosalee warned.
Adalind felt like massive hands were squeezing her body. A heavy weight on her chest made it difficult to breathe.
Nick picked her up and carried her to the chaise lounge, whispering to her soothingly.
They all saw her woge fully. The form seeming to become more solid, and fleshier. Then it faded back and her human form remained.
For a moment she laid in the lounge chair, still, almost as if asleep, then she took several deep breaths and opened her eyes.
She looked at Nick and whispered, "I feel stronger."
He smiled and kissed her.
"Alright you two." Monroe said for the second time that day, "Save it for later. We still need to make sure Nick's grimm abilities can't be taken." The blutbad looked up and said, "My ancestors must be rolling in their graves right now from me saying that."
"I'm sure mine are joining yours." Adalind assured the blutbad. "I am considered a traitor to my kind for being in love with a grimm."
"Most of my ancestors would probably say the same thing about me." Nick grinned.
Nick's potion was a little more difficult than Adalind's.
"The ingredients have to be boiled in a cast iron pot with a rich red wine, not water, and given to the grimm orally from a trusted wesen once cooled to room temperature." Rosalee read out loud from the book.
"What do you mean given orally?" Asked Wu.
"It means that I have to drink the potion and spill it into Nick's mouth." Adalind explained.
"Yeah, I'm going to head home before you guys do that." Wu said with a wince.
"That goes for me too." Hank confirmed.
"I think Nick and I can take the potion home to complete it." Adalind said.
There was an obvious sigh of relief from the rest of the group.
Nick said with a smirk. "This is going to be the first medicine I'm going to enjoy taking."