Chapter 84
Mya cleared her throat. “Your poison is in my blood. You know your potion better than anyone, Ishtar. Once a person has been exposed, it never leaves that person.”
She tried to gauge Ishtar’s movements and prayed to the gods—those not associated with Ishtar—that the goddess didn’t read minds.
A few days ago, Mya had what she thought was a dream about Ishtar. She was now betting on the fact that it wasn’t a dream but a flashback.
Ishtar smiled. “Then you would be dead.”
“But you saved me, remember, Ishtar? You sent me to arrange a peace treaty between the Glaixi and Wangi tribes, knowing very well there would be a bloodbath, and whichever way it went, I would be the one blamed, not you.”
“You made that up! I never sent you.”
Mya was happy. She’d hit a soft spot. She smiled
