Lucius Earhart
– What did you say? – Sandir's voice broke the silence.
Alea slowly lifted her gaze to the elder. Her expression remained calm, almost indifferent. With her eyes half-closed and a slight playfulness in her voice, she repeated:
– As I said, Theo used a narcotic derived from a red stone.
Her words, affirming Aurora's and my own suspicions, hung in the air like stone. For a moment, I froze, unable to think. Until now, our theories had been just hypotheses, based on circumstantial evidence. But now, with the Circle Knight's confirmation, they had become undeniable fact.
