This was not the future she had pictured for herself—if Moab allowed her verdict to stand and did not find some less influential job for her to do. Not that she had any idea what to expect, and what was this whole Child of the Forest of the First Light thing? She fell asleep while still wondering about these things and woke up to find Moab beside her bed.
“You certainly know how to stir things up,” Moab said, watching her sit upright, and yet she seemed entertained rather than angry.
“I am sorry, but I cou—”
Moab held up her hand.
“I had a rather amusing word-for-word re-enactment of your first day as my chief of justice. Your decision scandalized the Fairy Court. They raised a whole host of objections about how this cannot be practically applied and buzzed over it for hours until you
