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Prince Grayhaven,

I am aware that you have become the Warlord Prince of Dena Nehele and have taken responsibility for ruling your people I am also aware that you still need a Queen who can help your people remember Protocol and the Old Ways Therefore, I have asked Lady Rhahn to stay with you for a year

A second chance, Theran If you turn away from this one, there will be no other

Jaenelle Angelline

Theran folded the letter and vanished it

Mother Night Witch was giving him a second chance

He straightened his clothes, ran his fingers through his hair in an effort to tidy it, and sprang to the study door much as Julien had Then he paused Would the Warlord Princes accept another Queen from Kaeleer if she was associated with hi of their people?

He opened the study door

The answer to those questions looked up at hied her tail

CHAPTER 49

TERREILLE

“It was a lovely wedding, Daughter” Devra lifted Cassidy’s left hand

“And that is a beautiful ring”

A lovely, dizzy warh Cassidy “Yes, it is” Not just the a she knew her mother understood

She looked at the people lad her First Circle had declared the sitting area under the tree to be the Queen’s private spot—a place to catch her breath and a roup of ishers

“This was supposed to be a sht of her cousin Aaron and his wife Kalush talking with Ranon, Shira, Reyhana, and Janos

Devra chuckled “I iuest list to two Warlord Princes and two Queens from each of your Provinces, plus the elders and Tradition Keepers in Eyota, plus your court, family and personal friends And everyone you invited accepted the invitation”

Except TheranA set of sorrow because of his rejection, but not for herself Not anymore Not when her life with Gray would be so full of dreaes and work and love Most of all, love

Her eyes skipped over the crowd, searching for Gray She found hi in the way they were gesturing

Devra sighed “Can’t put those two anywhere near each other before they start talking about work and new projects I’ll just go over and”

“No need,” Cassidy hter bubble up as she watched Lucivar Yaslana and her cousin Aaron deftly separate her father and husband, herding them in opposite directions “I wonder Did Scelties learn to play cows and sheep from Warlord Princes or did Warlord Princes learn from the Scelties?”

Grinning, she and Devra slipped arroup of ishers

“Prince Grayhaven and Lady Rhahn have arrived,” Dryden said quietly “He asked to see you I put them in the visitor’s parlor”

Gray felt the bright joy of his wedding day fade Cassie had insisted on sending Theran an invitation to the wedding He was fa was about friends and family, and not about courts and boundaries So he—and the rest of her court—had yielded to her wishes, but no one had been disappointed that Theran hadn’t come