Shady

Ky nodded. She’d drink as much tea and eat as much soup as was forced on her. She made no promises about keeping it down, but she’d do her best. ...

“Gods.” Pratik shuddered. “They were trying to skin us alive.”

“Yes’m.” Ky dipped her head, cringing a bit. It didn’t seem like a good sign when you made an apothecary uneasy with your wounds. She must just hate her for ...

“Yes’m.” Ky nodded, dropping her gaze. Not for a while, anyhow. She had no doubt she was on her way to another for how badly she’d choked about her binder. ...

“I-I did, I-I embarrassed him— I… I won’t do it again, I promise.” Ky shook her head quickly, but that made her lightheaded so she stopped. “It was my fault, ...

Pratik nodded in agreement. “And we had more coats on during the escape,” he pointed out. “That helped… me anyway.”

“Sorry!” Ky said quickly, not sure how she’d upset the woman. Then she followed her gaze and cringed. Ah. That. Her entire abdomen was basically a bruise at this point, ...

Pratik also shivered and shook his head. “I’m very glad to be done with that… first and last time I’ll do that in my life. I don’t need money they ...

(Haha magic of fiction) “… girls are…” Ky shook her head, not looking at her. How could she explain herself? “My master didn’t… to get respect… I’m supposed to…” she ...

“Oh my god,” Pratik agreed vehemently. “That was-was… terrible. I hated it. So much.”

“I…” Ky barely resisted the urge to look back at Tadaaki. Why was she expecting him to talk her out of this mess? That’s not how it worked, and they ...

“Absolutely,” Pratik agreed. “No one can swim fast enough to win a race against hypothermia.” (Irony with my guys rn haha)

“I—“ Ky looked at her with wide eyes, panicked. They hadn’t talked about this. What was she supposed to do? If the woman told her to remove it — and ...

“I feel like most swimming is done for leisure,” Pratik said. “But… it wouldn’t be relaxing up here. So… probably not.”

Ky sucked her gut in as far as she could and pressed herself against the mattress, but it helped not at all. Ky let out a sharp breath, entire body ...