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Rainier gave hi, I’ll bet when you took a piss thisyou noticed you have a ck and balls That means you have no say in this Cassidy’s friends want her to have the horse and cart They figured she’ll share it with Shira since Shira is the court’s Healer If you want to argue about this with the Queen of Scelt andPrince Sadi’s wife, you go right ahead I’athered the reins and clicked to the horse, turning back the way he’d come

Ranon had heard the hesitation and conscious choice of how to identify Jaenelle—and knew that Rainier ht work for Daemon Sadi, but the man still served the Queen of Ebon Askavi

He watched the pony cart turn a corner

What in the name of Hell just happened here? Ranon asked Rainier on an Opal thread

Rainier’s laughter cah the thread I didn’t tell your friendsall of Cassidy’s connections And whether you tell them why Cassidy knows soso much attention to what happens in Dena Nehele is up to you

Are they paying attention? Ranon’s heart started to pound hard

Ranon, Rainier said gently, the rulers of Scelt, Glacia, Dharo, Nharkhava, Dhemlan, and Ebon Rih all have a connection to your Queen or her court Not toattention And it doesn’t hurt if the Queens and Warlord Princes in Dena Nehele know a little more about your Lady’s credentials

Being so busy day after day, focusing on repairs and crops and the things the people would need to get through the winter, it was easy to forget how much power could arron on their land

But being so busy day after day never quite s up Dena Nehele for another violent storm

He turned to the other men “Shall we continue?”

Rikoma, Elendill, and Hikaeda looked at Ferall

“Is there any place we could get a drink and sit for a bit?” Ferall asked

“There is It’s down this way”

They’d had enough Whatever they had come here to see, whatever questions they had wanted answered, they had gotten more than they’d expected

So he took theave then had changed

They arrived back at the Queen’s Residence earlier than anticipated, so Ranon took the other men around to the back of the house He didn’t think any of theardens than he did, but they looked around politely as he pointed out the Healing House and the cottage Gray wanted to convert into a loaning library

“Gray is working with Lord Marcus, Prince Sadi’s ure out costs and ill be needed,” Ranon said “Since ht now, he wants to have this library and obtain a wide variety of books to educate and entertain The villagers would pay a couple of coppers to take a book for a h that people can afford it, but it also has to pay for the books thees, and the repairs and upkeep of the cottage”