Jiro POV
With full, lustrous black hair and penetrating black eyes that were large and round with astonishment, King Odo was only two years older than Dane at thirty. Robust and fit, he looked manly in a simple green tunic and crushed velvet leggings. He smelled of ink, which wasn’t surprising, considering the many documents on the desk awaiting his signature.
Silver-haired Queen Giselberthe had delicate elven or faerie features, indicating that she had an elf or fae ancestor. Attired in a simple white gown that only highlighted her pale beauty and curvy figure, she had wide-set gray eyes that looked even more surprised than her husband’s. Jiro knew that she was five years older than her husband and came from the nobility.
“Welcome,” King Odo said in a deep voice. “I hope my guards we
