‘So that’s what you forced down me, is it?’ the little girl hissed. ‘You chose to poison this poor young child’s body with alcohol to knock me out, did you?
The flicker in her eyes was more evident now; the creature possessing her had obviously given up trying to hide.
‘It won’t hurt her,’ Ourellus said, unaffected by the creature’s attempt to make him feel guilty. ‘You might feel that she has an ache to her head, but that will wear off. Now, why don’t you tell us exactly what you are?’
‘And why would I do that? You have no way of making me talk,’ she said, staring them down defiantly.
‘Actually, we do,’ Lyanis replied, smiling at her sweetly.
‘It’s not nice for a lady to lie, particularly when she’s as ugly as you,’ the girl said, batting her eyelids.
The smile on Lyanis’s face vani
