If They Knew How Misery Loved Me

Rœkia's eyes glinted as she watched the girl swallow the buds, excitement stirring in her gut. Foxglove was slow acting though, it would be another 12 hours or so for the poison to reach full effect. She smiled sweetly at Finch. "I'm happy to help. You should start feeling better soon but in the meantime we should keep going. I know a shortcut. I'm afraid it's also a bit spooky but it will cut our journey time in half. In fact, I'm willing to bet we can reach the Abaven border by nightfall." Her gaze tilted toward Wolf. "Fly ahead and keep an eye out for any trouble. We're so close to getting our friend home, I don't want to run into any unruly characters."

Rœkia started again, offering her left side to Finch should she need it. This was going to be fun. She could hardly wait.

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