"They have had it for weeks!" the girl continued, oblivious to the storm she had unleashed. "Developed in a secret laboratory beneath the palace. I heard it was tested on my brother's soldiers before they were sent into Houndfang to seal the city. That's why none of them have fallen ill. Oh, but they are keeping it quiet, you see.'
Sienna's breath caught. er mind raced--imagining the sick, yellow skinned children who were struggling to breathe. Their desperate mothers, the rising death tolls. And here sat a member of the royal family, spilling secrets like spilled salt, claiming salvation already existed.
Serenya set her cup down deliberately, maintaining her calm demeanor. "Lina, I have told you often to speak less, especially around outsiders."
The girl laughed. "But Sienna is your close friend, and Elias knows everything. I heard Leon saying Elias knows about the vaccine. She is Elias's wife, so she must know too."
