"I'm a little preoccupied. I don't know what I'm going to do about this... If the public realizes. My reputation would be discredited and I would be thrown out as a silly, naive girl trying to do a woman's job." She bit her lip to force herself to focus. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't be harping on it, I know, just... It's been so hard without you to talk to about what I'm going to do. Also, since I can drop formal pretenses now." She turned to Ame. "Did Ansel really say that it would solve [i]All my problems[/i]? Because... It would be like her to try to poison me. Also, Silly? Where did you get the blood money that you bought this with?"
Silly shoved Ame hard. "Ye weren't s'posed t' tell er tha twas from blood money!" To Aery, she spoke nervously. "Celaena gave me a contract for one o' her enemies in th' city, an' I did as I were bid, an' the reward fer me services were... 1000 gold? An' tha twas a couple months ago, an' I only just got the chance t' explain t' Ansel what I wanted to get fer ye, an' it took her about three weeks t' get the potion made up exactly right."
Ame giggled. "The potion's not a poison, that much I know. But.. Don't take it at dinner, because I can't figure out what exactly is in it and it would be bad if it made you have a mental breakdown or something in front of all your people."
Aery rolled her eyes at Celaena, like [i]See what I've had to deal with?[/i] but she was so happy to have all her family back together that she started crying again. Freaking hell, she desperately needed to get herself back under control. But then, she'd not been under control for about three months.