phin

ling her I had matters to discuss with him. She went with a look of

ly. He had changed into a simple black tu

ince and more like a dan

ised an eyebrow at the toxicol

toward him. It was a rendering of the draconic circulatory system, based

t to the point. "Or rather, a schematic of y

the drawing, his

primarily attacks your Dragon Core, but it does more than that. It's also wrapped around your mai

I continued. "Your Dragon Core isn't s

deep and unreadable. My explanation was clea

u intense pain, drawing all your attention, while another, co

voice hoarse. "What

the shock would kill you. We n

ress the poison's activity and cut off its continuous

have already seeped into your energy channe

anse the master toxin from th

ld take months, maybe longer. I need your a

ngers tapping an unconscious rhythm on the t

ds often are," I

nt of deception. He found none. Every word I spoke was based on

need to see results. Wh

ou to be completely relaxed, with

"This Prince does not need you to t

give Talia a list." The list would contain some common herbs from this world to act as a cover,

door, he paused and looked b

k. I hadn't expe

ched the gauze on m

thing more

feeling stirring in my che

ushing the irrelev