26

A NIGHT WITH THE KING

When she was done, King Leonidas withdrew the cup and tried to get up, but she clung to him, her dazed eyes staring at his. “So cold.”

“You’re cold?” he asked with a furrowed brow, knowing that the room was not cold at all.

“Your… eyes… they’re so cold,” she whispered.

King Leonidas said nothing, knowing that the woman wasn’t herself. They heavily sedated heron pills and poti