Bree didn't know what Yakov and Blaise talked about with each other outside the dining room but when they returned. Yakov was stiffer than he usually was and Blaise was smiling even more brightly as if he just had some great fun at the expense of someone, Bree was pretty sure who this someone was.
" I had them prepare this from the finest meat, your majesty." Duke Cilantro chattered away as he introduced every single dish in front of her, from the juicy beef patties topped with savoury sauce to fresh fish balls dunked in salivating juicy soup that had such an enriching scent that Bree almost wanted to take a bite.
But unfortunately, she couldn't because every single dish in front of her was nothing but slow-acting poison. Of course, the Duke wouldn't be stupid enough to really poison her but at the same time she could feel that something was wrong, her skin that has been normal till now was slowly heating up and that had nothing to do with the burning flames in the fireplace.
