Chapter 31 Violya
31 VIOLYA V assessed the room in the same time it took for the occupants to fathom her presence. All were sat where the male had told Ibin they would be. A few things happened at once. The male moved to the younger woman sat on Ammad’s left. Ibin and Nameeri flowed in the room behind V, followed by Laurya, Daya and Monya. All five with their swords drawn. V’s remaining women and the Khumarahs waited in the hallway for the soldiers and Cuttarrs who were bound to come. The woman who had spoken moments earlier, shrieked. Jakira. She sat opposite V at the far side of the room under a slit of a window. A position of highest authority, according to Ibin, to catch the little breeze that flowed in. She considered herself higher than the ruler. To Jakira’s right, was the hairy beast of a c
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