“So what did you learn? Coli and cholera. I’ve spent so much time around humans, listening to their problems, watching the most mature and educated turn into screaming toddlers fighting over a toy, devoid of patience and understanding. Whatever this is, they had nothing to do with it.”
“Well, that would be my luck.” She struggled to clear her throat, so Noah gave her some water. Look over there. His reputation was one of perversity and malice, but they couldn’t define him properly, define the depth she felt when she looked at him, spoke to him, and now when she touched him. “I’ve been smoking that stuff you gave Balil, and it’s definitely taking the edge off, but I’m so thirsty now. Not only is Noah our guest, he is our best hope of curing Balil and returning our artifacts. I meant no disrespect.”
“It is sacred, but so are the lives of my subjects, and if I’m not willing to do whatever it takes to save them, then I am not fit to be queen.
