It was very hard to give him a filthy look when she was in the midst of choking but she made up for it by rasping out a waspish retort between coughs. "Go to hell!" She slid off the chair onto her feet and turned her back to him so she might afford herself some privacy.
If she could just cough it back up into her mouth she might be able to save herself a second month of mandrake leaf. Quite suddenly the compulsion to cough disappeared and with a sinking feeling she realized it was too late, it was gone. Frustrated, she kicked his chair but it hurt her toes more than anything else. Her eyes were watery and she was biting the inside of her cheek to distract from the searing pain in her toe. She blamed him entirely for ruining her month of hard work but to her annoyance she couldn't abuse him for it without revealing what she was up to.
Tig folded her arms across her chest. "I'm not leaving until I have what I came for and I think if you didn't have it you'd have said as much." She might not need it that very night but she'd still need it next time.
If she could just cough it back up into her mouth she might be able to save herself a second month of mandrake leaf. Quite suddenly the compulsion to cough disappeared and with a sinking feeling she realized it was too late, it was gone. Frustrated, she kicked his chair but it hurt her toes more than anything else. Her eyes were watery and she was biting the inside of her cheek to distract from the searing pain in her toe. She blamed him entirely for ruining her month of hard work but to her annoyance she couldn't abuse him for it without revealing what she was up to.
Tig folded her arms across her chest. "I'm not leaving until I have what I came for and I think if you didn't have it you'd have said as much." She might not need it that very night but she'd still need it next time.
