“Ugh. I hope you got them.”
“We did, but it wasn’t easy. It rained, and there was a dense fog over the place the whole time we were there. The sati were able to blend in perfectly. There were four of us, and it took us three days to locate and kill them.”
“Sounds like fun,” she said dryly.
I shook my head. “That actually wasn’t the worst part. We took the dead sati back to the village that had asked for our help. They threw a huge feast to celebrate, and guess what was on the menu.”
“No!” She made a face. “You ate it?”
“It would have been an insult to the village not to.” I shrugged, trying not to laugh at her look of disgust. “Tasted like chicken.”
She pretended to throw her napkin at me. “You’re messing with me, aren’t you?”
I put a hand over my heart. “Every word is true.”
“Was
