Lion Head Mesa tenth

Tierra likely shouldn't trust him, but a number of things had her playing right into his game. She had no idea of what poppy could do and instead, the concept of taking something of value from him was overwhelmingly tempting. Euphoria didn't sound so bad and because it was set out like this, she could probably take even more of it than she should if it tasted good.

He'd offered it, right? And it would serve him right for mistreating her.

She sniffed at it and was surprised to find it smelled different from other honey. She glanced at him and then took a pretty healthy taste of it. It was intensely sweet! Way sweeter than any honey she'd ever had!

If he didn't stop her, she would take another. She really liked the way it settled on her tongue.