The Alpha's Claim on the Border Ledger novel · Chapter 14 of 24
Chapter 14: The Poisoner's Cup
I did not spit it out.
I set the cup down on the board without a sound and folded my ink-stained hands on the board.
Fifteen years of being the quiet girl had taught me one useful thing.
Nobody watches a quiet girl's face.
"This is lovely," I said. "What's in it, Lorna?"
"Only honey and a little chamomile, dear."
"Is that all?"
"Of course it is." She laughed, a small sweet laugh. "I'd drink it myself."
Torin, three seats down, had stopped chewing.
He had smelled it from where he sat, and I saw his hand go flat on the table.
I lifted a finger to him.
Wait.
"Then drink it," I said.
The hall went still.
Lorna's smile stayed where it was, but her eyes did something quick.
"Rhona, what a thing to say. It's your cup."
"You poured it. You said you'd drink it."
"I'm sure the healer has been in my basket," Lorna said, and her voice rose, thin and hurt.
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