n the hearth, but the air
ut a small crystal vial. Inside, a silver liquid
expensive healing draught in the academy,
ooden nightstand and pushed
ept his voice hard, refusing
He didn't move a muscle. He pressed h
e was a low, dangerous whisper. "Truth serum? Or
a man trying to feed a feral, starving w
nswer, the heavy suit
ht hand was wrapped in thick white b
up a stack of parchment. "The Board need
tting on the Headmaster's silk sheets, a flash of ugly,
An idea sparked in his
stood up, walked to the nightstan
ped th
n tipped his head back and downed more
tely black for a terrifying second. He swayed on his feet, his knees buckling slightly as a wave of intense vertigo hit him. A drop of silver escaped his lips and ran down his chin, staining the collar of his violet robe. Julian forced himself to breath
lack Mamba venom in it?" Juli
de with absolute horror. The Headmaster had just consumed a fo
s chest heaved. His brain w
was the first time he sounded genuinely unnerved. He
panic. "I want you alive. A dead
d toward Gideon. He snatched the pap
nough?" Julian h
ver his own feet as he scram
tood with his back to the room, sta
nutes, there was only
rape of glass against wood
eyes and let out
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