The Villain's Hero
Aien held his sleeve over his nose, his eyes watering as he shook his head, at a loss for a description.
“Death,” Perditha supplied. “It smells like death.”
I stripped off the leather, pulling the cloth of my dress away from my skin where it had adhered due to the sweat of stress and heat. “It needs to be stirred continuously by someone in these leathers, Perditha,” I told her. “And that person must not let it burn, nor to spill. Four hours. At the two-hour mark, a cup of fresh and warm urine must be added to dilute it. It must be from someone hydrated and must be warm, or the two temperatures will interact and cause the potion to spit. Aien has volunteered his urine.”