The Perilous Sea (2014)
“Inside the buried tent, it was dim and prodigiously hot. She called for water, drank her fill, and topped the waterskins. Then she sat up, called for some mage light, and turned her attention to the prince. He was sleeping on his stomach, without his tunic. She sucked in a breath at the sight of the bandage on his back: if it were bright red, it would be one thing, but it was blood mixed with an inky dark substance—an appalling sight.
“Just my body expelling the poison.” His words were slow and... sleepy. “I took every antidote in your bag.”
She took off the old bandage and destroyed it. “What in the world was it?”
“It has to be venom of some sort, but I cannot feel any puncture marks.”
“I don’t see any either.” She handed him a few granules for pain. “It just looks as if your skin has been eaten away by acid, or something.”
“But this substance is organic, because the antidotes did work.”
She shook her head. “Such a large area. Almost as if someone had a bucket of venom and just threw it at you.”MoreLess
“Just my body expelling the poison.” His words were slow and... sleepy. “I took every antidote in your bag.”
She took off the old bandage and destroyed it. “What in the world was it?”
“It has to be venom of some sort, but I cannot feel any puncture marks.”
“I don’t see any either.” She handed him a few granules for pain. “It just looks as if your skin has been eaten away by acid, or something.”
“But this substance is organic, because the antidotes did work.”
She shook her head. “Such a large area. Almost as if someone had a bucket of venom and just threw it at you.”MoreLess
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