Page 67 of The Poison of the Earth
“Alright, alright,” Ollie laughs, “Tell me as we go.” And she reaches for the pile. She flips the Queen of Hearts and Lonan and I both make a noise.
She raises her eyebrows proudly. “Well? What’s the rule?”
“Queen’s mean,” I say. “You have to think of something you’ve done that you think we’ve done too. Anyone who has done it, drinks.”
She blinks. “That makes no sense.”
I shake my head, silent. Lonan responds, “It’s supposed to be fun. So say something you want to know if we’ve done or not.”
“Fine,” she huffs, thinking. “Fine. I’ve... um... stolen from a kitchen.”
Lo and I exchange a glance as we both drink with her.I don’t think she gets it.
I pull a card. An eight.
“Oh, we each get to ask him a question!” Lo grins. “I’ll go first. Have you ever cum in your pants Kai?”
I roll my eyes. “Yes.”
Ollie makes a noise and I see her cheeks flush. “How... old were you when you first kissed someone?”
“Twenty-seven?” I look to Lonan.
“Twenty-eight,” he corrects.
“Your turn Lonan,” I grouch.
He pulls an ace and we all take a drink.
Ollie goes and draws a four. “A truth,” she says, thinking, tapping the card against her chin. She wrinkles her nose. “I hate spinach.”
“Cheap,” Lonan teases.
I draw a King. I chuckle. “You both have to lose an article of clothing.”
“What?”
Lonan starts unbuttoning his shirt. Ollie’s eyes widen. She stands quickly and starts wiggling, hands at her sides. After a moment, she steps to the side and leans down, grabbing her pair of black panties off the floor.Well, fuck. I guess she does get the game.
She grins and places them on the table as she sits back down.
Lonan pulls a Queen. “I’ve had sex with a woman,’ he says.
Ollie’s wide eyes are on me. I don’t move, as I haven’t had sex with a female Fae before. She slowly raises her glass and drinks.Hmm, someone else I need to kill, I see.
Ollie silently draws an eight. Lonan grins evilly, placing his bare forearms on the table as he studies her.
“I’m almost not sure what I should ask,” he purrs.Liar.
“Oleander,” he continues, “Who is your mother?”
I cringe. Probably not how she wants to talk about this.
She blinks. “Lady Juliana. She was half-human, from her father’s side. Her mother was a powerful Tierra from a landed family. My mother was a skilled Colitvaire. Her gardens are actually how my father met her. He’d heard of the Lady that kept an entire village fed and wanted to meet her. They, according to her, fell in love at first sight. She agreed to be one of his consorts. This was before he attacked Gaeba.” She bites her lip. “Mother was a good Fae. I don’t think she’d have agreed to become hisconsort if she knew his plans. He, King Wells, my father, was at the time they met, just the ruling leader of the earth Fae.”
Oleander seems to be blinking back tears. I glare at Lo and sigh.
Non-family question from me, in that case. Maybe going spicy would distract her. “Ollie, did you like Lonan taking control the other night, when he found us? When he punished you?”
