she blinks, looks back at me. "Knight, you wrote that?"
stare at her.
don't know why she is surprised.
have hands.
have claws.
"I didn't know you could write."
her face brightens.
floats over to me with silks rustling.
reaches up to take mask in hands.
"You should have told me, Knight."
don't know how to respond.
she is happy?
why does this make her so happy?
"Oh, so I breathe the wrong way and it's the end of the world, but he destroys the fucking hotel room and youpethim?" Nikolai snaps, throws hands in hair.
"Oh, stop bitching." Raven rolls eyes. "It's stone, it'll buff out."
Geo walks closer. "Alright, enough. Now that we're here and we've all gotten some rest, it's time to make a game plan. How exactly are we gonna get Plague alone?"
Moon tilts head.
thinking.
eyes narrow.
"He kidnapped me," she says, voice cold. "Maybe it's time to return the favor."
she moves to table.
fingers trailing over items there.
"I'm quite good at making poisons, actually. I once spiked Monty's tea and he slept for a week."
voice is casual.
like talking about weather.
not like poisoning dangerous alpha.
Raven's eyes widen. "Nightshade?"
he sounds excited.
"No," she says, shaking head. "A root from the eastern mountains of Vrissia. My mother taught me. The dosage is tricky—too much causes convulsions and death, too little just gives them pleasant dreams."
Raven nods, eyes bright. "Surhiiran night rose might be a suitable alternative. The hallucinations can be abittroublesome, but I'm sure with a bit of tweaking, we could get the formulation right."
