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Kiria
Two days later, Kiria sat on the dais in a black dress edged in silvery blue. Beside her sat Jori, looking almost too pleased to be wearing that crown. On her right, the throne was empty. Kader, whose throne that would eventually become, would return shortly from Hinter, where he’d been in hiding. She couldn’t wait to see him and get more involved in his life than she’d been before. In the absence of Cúron, Chetana was regent, voting with the other Keepers and advising in the Main, but she wouldn’t occupy the throne. Instead, she sat in her usual seat at the foot of the short steps alongside Bard and Daelon. A Tanyu and an Amir. Who would have thought they could co-exist so peacefully?
Royce had requested to attend the final round of judgments as well. For all his help, Kiria a
