ley
h a new, complicated expression. She said nothing, but her deference w
ped in priceless dragon-scale gauze, but it fel
ysician had managed to reset her jaw, but it
l of soup, forcing a smile that was uglier than a grimace. "
d laughed inwardly, but my face remained im
. "I made this calming soup for you myself," she
tectable scent reached me. "Sleeping Vine,"
poisons was extraordinary. Clarissa
out. "How thoughtf
ioned, "Sister, on the eve of a wedding, our custom is to
piracy as she urged me to
ink the soup, then she would have me taken
hed. "I see. Thank y
he bait, Clariss
o change. Sleeping Vine was a pure herbal concoction, undetec
r and sprinkled it into the soup. "Backlash Dust." It doubles the effect
ct; it transformed the scent into a sweet, ir
r pain," I said with a saintly smile. "Take this soup back to her room. Tell
's ego. Receiving a "tribute" from the sister she just bullied
gown Clarissa had brought. It, to
he future bride's sister to bribe the perimeter guards, creating a temporary "blind spot" for her
the well. Preston Vance, a notorious playboy. Claris
Preston defile me, and ruin my marriage to the
. I hid in the sh
robbing pain in her jaw and the alluring scent of what she thought was a "surrender
stook Preston for some handsome
the drugged gown and Clarissa's aggressive advances, he q
oldly, feel
e lost in their sordid
g right beside them. They
e only her fading consciousness could hear, "I told y
. She seemed to hear me b
sing the same unguarded path Clarissa had prepared fo
knew, a grand dram
ornelius, would appear before
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