[SPOILERS] Hehe! Love hearing feedback of any kind. I like to improve after all. And I find it charming that my characters can cause these kinds of emotions. (you are not alone in this 😏 My DMs on Discord were full of people wanting to discuss this)
But sorry, no way around her getting that potion.😅 I needed it for the story with Jade to happen after all, so Stella took one for the team by becoming this bitchy. No other girl would have gotten drunk on power like her and acted on her dominant side towards everyone she was jealous of.
But I'd say there was never any mortal danger for James. Just some scare tactics from our "little" prostitute, who can be very good at acting. Ok, she enjoyed it too 😆But she's not really evil! She wouldn't kill anyone!