Page 59 of Lady of Starfire
“What do you mean he is with the Sorceress?” Sorin gritted out.
“I don’t know. All Mikale said was that the Sorceress had him,” Scarlett said. “We go today. I told him to tell Alaric we would be there at sundown.”
“Your power?” Sorin asked tightly.
“Is there and at full-strength.”
“Her power should not be affected with the poison removed from her veins,” Cethin supplied.
“I thought there was no antidote?” Scarlett asked, reaching over her shoulder and grasping Cassius’s hand.
“There isn’t,” Cethin answered. “There are only two ways that we know of to remove the toxin.”
“Which are?”
“The creatures themselves suck it out from your throat.”
Her face screwed up in disgust. “Like a Night Child?”
“Similar, yes,” Cethin said with a nod.
“And the other way?”
“Dragon fire burning it out of your blood.”
Her gaze swung to Cassius. “You did that?”
He nodded. “Tybalt guided me.”
Well, that was…both amazing and slightly terrifying.
Cethin cleared his throat. “Razik usually does it, but with him across the sea…”
She twisted back to face him. “How many times have you been cut by their swords?”
Her brother drummed his fingers along the arm of the chair. “A few.” Then he added, “It is how I know it will scar.”
Her hand drifted to her throat again, but Sorin caught it, kissing the tips of her fingers. “If you are going to the continent tonight, you need to rest.”
She had to agree. She had been tired when she’d Traveled to the estate grounds. After fighting and that dream, now she was completely wiped out.
Cethin, Kailia, and Tybalt were already striding for the doors, but Cethin paused. “Please let me know if you need something, Scarlett.”
She held his stare for a long moment before answering, “I will.”
They both knew it was a lie. They needed to have a conversation first, and even then…
Well, she might have to adjust a few plans is all.
She looked up at Cassius. “Go sleep, Cass. We get him back tonight.”
He bent, pressing a small kiss to her cheek. “You are truly all right?”
“Perfect,” she answered. “Thanks to you.”
His hand ran down her hair affectionately as he straightened. “I will be back in a few hours. If Rayner is not back yet?”
“We still go,” she answered. “We will figure something out.”