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One dark elf untied my necklace and took the rest of my charms, leaving me defenseless. He knew those were valuable, and he stroked the cat figurine, then tied the thong around his own neck. I wished I could shoot bullets out of my eyeballs athim.
He puzzled over the inhaler, then tossed it to the alchemist. Synaru-van smiled vilely at me as magical bonds similar to what Zav had created wrapped around me, holding me against the wall, keeping me from moving my arms or legs. The dark elves hadn’t stuck their hands into my pants and found the charms I’d snagged, the lock-picker and the one that let me see in the dark. But it probably didn’t matter. Seeing my end wouldn’t be helpful, and I doubted the other charm could unlock magicalbonds.
Murmurs came from the corridor, the dark elves out there looking back toward the ramp. I imagined the two males I’d sneaked past charging up to report on the alchemist’s dead assistant. That would only make Synaru-van morefurious.
She strode toward me, holding the inhaler up, and said something in herlanguage.
“Your thugs took my charms. I can’t understandyou.”
So much for thequestioning.
“The Ruin Bringer needs drugs to breathe?” she asked inEnglish.
“I was holding it for afriend.”
“I hear the rasp in yourvoice.”
“Because your buddy threw some deadly red crap in the air, and I caught a whiff.” Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned her assistant. Maybe she hadn’t known about heryet.
Voices rose in agitation in the tunnel. Yes, they had to have found thebody.
Synaru-van squinted at me. “Then I will let you breathe something else for a while before I question you.” She smiled. “If you survive to bequestioned.”
She plucked a container off the shelf, opened it, and dumped beads on the floor. They looked like bath beads, but I knew they weren’t. When they shattered, a hazy green smoke wafted into the air, immediately stinging my nostrils. I tried to hold my breath, but there was no point. I couldn’t do thatforever.
Synaru-van smiled and backed away, leaving before she was affected by her own poison. Tears were already streaking from my stingingeyes.
I watched bleakly as she stepped into the hall, where she would soon find out I’d inadvertently killed her assistant. She didn’t shut the door, but she turned her back. I was screwed, and just as bad, Sindari was now in the hands of assholes who sacrificedchildren.
