Mira stared at my neck."What happened to you?"I touched the rash."Oh. That."Her eyes widened."Yes. That."Garrik suddenly found his dinner fascinating.I narrowed my eyes at him."You could explain."Before he could answer, a man stepped beside Kael."Alpha."Kael turned away from us.The man leaned closer, speaking quietly enough that I couldn't make out the words.I looked back at Mira."I fell into a bush."She blinked."You what?""Technically, she rolled into it," Garrik said.I glared at him."You said we were preserving my dignity.""I agreed to nothing."Mira looked at my neck again."That's from a plant?""Stingbrush," Garrik said.Mira winced."Oh.""That's not reassuring.""It'll fade.""When?""A day or two."Wonderful.Mira glanced toward Kael.He was still turned away, deep in conversation.Then her eyes slid to Garrik.Something passed between them.I frowned."What?""Nothing," Mira said.Garrik became very interested in cutting his meat.Definitely something.A v
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