It was blistering. It led me to believe that his tongue was poisonous, or at least corrosive. I felt Leo's fingers shaking as he muttered words to stop the scabbing. It made me realize just how big of a blunder I'd made; magic was only to be used in special circumstances. The saliva of Lord Koronos was necrotizing my flesh. "Do forgive me for this turn of events, Marvin," Koronos said, back to a human sounding voice. "I was willing to go to extremes to make Lady Galatea's acquaintance." "Well you've made it!" I spun around, swallowing my tongue in the process. Diana's normally impassive face simmered with fury. If looks could kill, Koronos would've been dead a dozen times over. "How dare you?" She stomped over to him; I watched the floor crack beneath her angry steps. "Liar! Cheat! Murderer!" More shocking than the speed of the swing she took at Koronos was how easily he caught her wrist -yawning at this expected play. Diana's pink eyes rimmed with crimson, outraged. "Come, Lady Galatea; as much as I adore these compliments, I'm afraid I can't take all the credit.
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