The Beast's Ugly Wife
I repeated, incredulous “No! No, no, no! They’re just herbs, I swear! You had a fever and I…”
“Don’t think you can fool me, woman.” His enormous body pressed me even harder, making me sink into the snow like an improvised grave “I don’t know who told you I’d be an easy target, but I can show you that was a lie, if that’s what you want.”
“Can’t you taste it?” I squealed, realizing that might sound like a threat “I-I mean, the little bit I put in your mouth doesn’t taste like poison, does it?”