The Silver Wolf
“We thought to share tea with our… new addition. It is tradition for every lady of the court to partake.”
Her smile was sugar; her eyes, frost and suspicious. It was not to be trusted.
She poured from a silver pot whose steam coiled in strange, violet-tinted curls. I caught the scent, sharp, bitter, unmistakable. Wolfsbane.
My just-settled heart fluttered once more, then stilled. It was clear as day what was going on. They were trying to get rid of me. Which means I don't need to be polite anymore.
She filled my cup to the brim, set it before me, and said sweetly, “To new beginnings.”