90 - Attack!

Her thoughts were racing, but her lips remained unmoved.

Aniya knew there were many who would want to hurt her; she wasn't loved in this realm. However, since there were so many that had veils on their faces, she had believed that it would be difficult to know that she was the scared mate of the Gamma. So she was convinced that the thief had just turned on her because he got caught.

“I will give you all my jewelry; you can have them.”

A cold, blunt thing nudged at her neck, and she flinched away instinctively. Then the thief forced a small bottle into her grip.

“What you asked for.”

The poison?

“Roti?”

“No.”

Of course, he was a Roti. Roti was a woman, she was only thinking that Roti had probably sent him.

She wanted to ask more questions but by the time she attempted to, he was gone.

The emptiness of the alley returned; this time, she was alone.

“Aniya!” She heard someone calling her name, the sound echoing. “Aniya!”