CHAPTER THIRTY
Lucas waited with all the patience he’d learned at the feet of Official Ko for the audience in the Assembly of Nobles to be over. He knew that Sophia needed to do this: to be seen to rule, and to answer the thousand and one concerns that would arise in the wake of her victory.
In truth, he thought she was doing a fine job. He suspected that he would not have been able to quell the concerns of the city so effectively, would not have been able to forgive former enemies and gain people’s support. When the people there cheered for her, Lucas could see nobles among them and commoners, the folk of Stonehome and those of Ishjemme, all joined together as one by his sister. He couldn’t have done that.
Still, it was hard to wait.
Sophia, he sent, when he could stand waiting no lon
