By the time food was brought for them, Kai had dressed and Nikolaus had wrapped himself in a sheet.
Niko viewed the food laid on the table with suspicion, watching as the guards retreated, several lewd comments floating in their wake as they exited the room and closed the thick door behind them.
He picked up the water and smelt it. No evidence of randice, but the wine was suspect, so he poured it into a c***k in the floor. He tested each morsel of food before proportioning it to Kai’s plate or his own. Having experimented with randice before, he knew the smell, the taste upon his tongue. It was vital here and now, as they sought to avoid its influence.
It seemed only the wine had been treated, and Niko blessed his past deeds for enabling him to keep Kai and himself free of taint.
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