Chapter 22 The Sweetness Of Poison

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• Three evenings pass before I’m deemed healthy enough to leave the healer’s quarters. I don’t let anyone but Morrin examine me, feigning fear. No one else is eager to care for me either. This time, when she pulls up the blanket covering me and sees the smooth skin of my arms, she just raises a brow and sighs.
• “I hope for Goddess’s sake, you aren’t doing anything unholy,” Morrin remarks before letting me go. “I’m just glad you don’t have to suffer like a human.”