"Most do, when they are dying," Laheir's voice replied.
"I always thought he would die violently," Nheera's voice said with chilling calmness. "That would have been more fitting. It is the least of what he deserved."
A horrified murmur spread through the nobles.
Several looked at Nheera with outright disgust now.
"Take some comfort then in the fact that the poison is slow acting," Laheir's voice continued. "It will work through him gradually. His organs will fail one by one, and he will have full awareness of it before the end. He will suffer in agony. Whatever peace he looks to be in now, it will not last."
"Good," Nheera's voice answered coldly. "You were not the first person to think of killing him this way. No one even suspected a thing before. But what you did could bring unwanted attention our way."
"I will handle it," Laheir's voice replied. "No one will know."
