The effect of that sentence was immediate.
Every single person nearby became alert at once.
Luca, who had just arrived together with Asael, stopped where he was.
Asael also stopped.
The two of them had been walking over at the same time, and as usual, their eyes had first gone to the same place, which was Shelia. That was always awkward, because both of them liked her, both of them knew the other liked her, and both of them still had to pretend they were normal around each other because neither one could exactly kill the other over it. Luca was one of the higher guards of the village, while Asael was even closer to Kian, serving as his personal guard and right-hand man. So the two men often had to work together even when their hearts were not peaceful.
Now both of them had arrived just in time to hear Isabella say the word poisoned.
Naturally, they both became serious immediately.
Osiris straightened where he stood.
Cyrus's eyes cooled.
Zyran's amusement became sharper.
