The Lotus Thief novel · Chapter 31 of 32
Chapter 31: What Khem Owed
The floor closed and the room didn't breathe.
Ton got down on his knees beside the King.
He put his hand on the old man's chest.
It was going up and down. Slow and steady and his own.
"Your Majesty."
The King's eyelids moved.
Ton got an arm under his shoulders and sat him up.
The whole court watched.
The King opened his eyes.
They were brown and clear and they were his.
He looked around the room. At the cracked floor. At the serpents. At the guards. At the ministers.
Then he looked at his brother.
Khem was standing on the dais with the lacquer box in his hands.
He hadn't moved since the floor cracked.
"Khem," the King said.
His voice was thin and it was dry from three months of sleep and it was his.
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