"I— I think that I am unwell. I would like to go back," Lila said in order to save her face and also to get away from Anastasia.
But Anastasia was on the roll. "I have proven that the gems were just a mirage," she added from the other side of the table. She leaned forward on the table and said, "What is my prize, Lila?"
Kaizan and Darla stifled their laughter, while others sitting around the table now looked at Anastasia with renewed interest. They couldn't understand what happened to Lila and why she played a game where she was surely going to lose. Little did they know that Lila would have never lost had she played with them.
Murtagh growled. "Can't you see that she is not feeling well? You can't stretch a joke like this!" He got up and helped Lila to get up too.
