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The cheering increased, o in love and devotion Inevera saw , and couldn’t believe it

"Tooe are and where we co the i to wear colors, as if they were the Damajah herself!" Kajivah swept a hand at Inevera, and there were boos and hisses Inevera knew they were directed at immodest women, but she could not help but prickle at the sound of hisses to her na the Holy Mother this task," Ashan said "The people love her"

Inevera was not so sure It see Kajivah to plan feasts It kept her busy and out of Inevera’s way But so the hearts of the people with her uneducated ways and conservative values It was a tie for their people They could not continue the insular ways they had developed over centuries in the Desert Spear if they were to win Sharak Sun

Kajivah showed no sign of slowing, warht the Sharum with dice and couzi For a woman with an empty head, Kajivah could talk for hours if unchecked

Inevera stood, and instantly the crowd fell silent, wo hands on the floor as the ht used to comfort her A reminder of her power and divine status But there was power, too, in leading the cheers of the crowd Too much, perhaps, for a simple woman like Kajivah

"The Holy Mother is indeed humble," Inevera said "For none has worked harder to prepare this grand feast than Kajivah herself" The crowd roared again, and Inevera grit her teeth "We can do her no greater honor than sitting to it In Everain the feast"

"I fear we may have opened a djinn bottle with that one," Inevera said

Her mother, Manvah, sipped her tea It was her first visit to the royal chambers, but if she was in

"Having dealt with the woree," Manvah said Manvah’s pavilion in the new bazaar providedher an invitation Her khaffit husband, Kasaad, had been asked not to attend

It had been a risk, slipping her in for a private audience, but Inevera needed her h the secret passages had been drugged He would ith no memory of the woman, and with her veil in place Manvah would look like any other woe into the public section of the palace

"I thought her a poor haggler at first, but after enduring a few of her tantrued" Manvah shook her head "I’hter I will deduct it from your debt"

Inevera smiled It was a joke between them, for Manvah made Inevera, the Dahter came to her for advice

"They aren’t an act," Inevera said Manvah had taught her early how a proper tantruood haggler never lost their temper

Kajivah had no control over hers

"Yet the people love her," Manvah said "Even da hop when she speaks"

"Nie take me if I can understand why," Inevera said