Chapter 24

"You seem so quiet to someone who loves to listen to the sound of his own voice, Octavius" mocked Faye, no more than a step away.

I felt the muscles of Octavius' body contract as his arrogant laugh sounded.

"Excuse me, Lady of Gluttony. I am much more focused on the fact that you got your queen drunk with drinks that are toxic even to a demon, let alone to a human, to give me the trouble to remind them of how shocking my intervention was even to me.”

"Am I intoxicated? "I asked, testing some sensations of the body. Despite the insobriety, the vertigo, and the knot in the mouth of the stomach by the amount of alcohol ingested and the foods made of pure magic, I seemed fine. "I don't feel any intoxication... It's like I'm floating. "I opened my arms to emphasize, and I could feel that I would fly at any moment from so much lightness in the muscles. That was really good.”

"Intoxicated... it's just a way of saying that our drinks, as well as our food, are not suitable f