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Cassie?

She plunked the hat on her head and scowled at Vae “See? I’ the hat”

Yes Vae gave Cassidy a tail-tip wag Now Gray will not worry about your face

The iround like discarded bird feathers s in relation to an animal, but that wasn’t always a comfortable picture for humans when they were the subject of the conversation

Vae headed for the stairs, pausing long enough toher

Gray is outside with Ranon and a young male who is a Warlord Prince, Vae said He is family to Ranon, and Ranon wants you to see him, but there are worry smells too

“Ranon has probably spent a lot of years keeping his relative hidden from the Queens,” Cassidy replied “It can’t be easy for hi Warlord Prince into the open”

Why? You are Ranon’s Queen You are Dena Nehele’s Queen The pup belongs to you

You can’t claihtHide some of the Queens so there will be so Warlord Princes so that another generation can survive long enough to stand on a killing field and fight for their land

The world was sirown up in the village the Queen of Scelt called home Even if only a few actually served in a court, a Territory Queen held the life of every person in her hands, as well as the land itself Lady Morghann was a strong Queen and a close friend of Jaenelle Angelline, and Morghann’s husband, Lord Khardeen, ruled the village of Maghre on his Lady’s behalf So Vae had no reason to doubt that praise and punishiven when deserved

Vae wouldn’t hesitate to bring someone who mattered to her to the attention of the Queen she served For Ranon to bring the boy within sight of a Queen was a huge act of trust

Cassidy stopped at the door leading outside as she thought about this young house Brother? Or son? Was that the reason he and Shira had been acting so uneasy? Was ittheir son or justhis son?

Neither, Cassidy decided as she rounded the side of the house and saw the threebut a brother or cousin to Ranon

Gray’s s toward them Ranon’s expression was soster

How many friends had he seen taken away only to return broken or crippled—or never to return at all? She had no sense that the Shalador Queens had mistreated their own people, but the Shalador Queens had had little power, controlled as they had been by the Province Queens

She stopped when there was enough distance between her and theWarlord Prince before approaching her, eli the requirement of an introduction

She watched Ranon assess the distance, and knew the naled the youngster and approached her

“Lady, er brother?” Ranon asked

“You may,” Cassidy replied

“Lady, this is Prince Janos Our father was Lord Yairen’s son Janos, this is Lady Cassidy, the Queen of Dena Nehele”

“It is an honor to be introduced to so great a Queen,” Janos replied, bowing too low for the act to be respectful since his Summer-sky Jewel outranked her Rose