The Villain's Hero
I could taste blood and wasn’t entirely sure if I had bitten my tongue in the panicked chaos, or if during the violence, someone had hit me in the face and split my lip.
I took some of the seeds from his pouch and put them into my mouth although I wasn’t sure I could successfully chew and swallow them.
“Well,” he blew out a breath whilst I struggled not to choke, his eyes on the wall of vines which was blooming with the bright bells of hibiscus flowers. “That was intense. They do this every week?”
I nodded and swallowed with success. “Yes, every week.”
“We’re going to have to get more creative,” he predicted grimly. “This worked this time, because they didn’t expect it, but it won’t work eve