After about three crackers, Ruby refused to eat any more of the dry and tasteless thing. It was like digesting sand. She collected the water bottle from Arthur and weakly took a long sip.
“Here.” Arthur said, handing her the n***d pill of Advil he had removed from the pack.
Ruby took it without question and popped it in her mouth. It was only after she swallowed it down and took another sip of water when her stomach churned. Nausea threatened to rise and hurl out the three crackers she had just taken. She pushed it down. “Did you just poison me?” She joked, lying back down because her head had begun to spin again.
Arthur grinned. “Yes, now the throne is mine.” He replied, playing along as he screwed the cap of the bottle back on and placed it near her bunk bed in case she might need ano
