When he said nothing else, she took it as her cue. Setting the bowl down, Baski took hold of his left leg and lifted his clothing. Carefully, she removed his shoes and socks and surveyed the scarred leg. Slowly, she placed it into the water and started massaging it. Then the guards brought in her herbs, and she applied it to his leg. She ground the seed, applying it on his heel up to his ankle.
She worked in silence and knew that it was a silence he appreciated. She clearly remembered the day they damaged his leg. It had been one of those days he was getting tortured; one of those days they forced him to walk on glass. The glass penetrated deep in his foot and stuck in the bone.
Several days later, King Cone finally allowed Lucien medical attention. His leg had been infected and was almo
