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Kiria
Kiria left all the guards she could spare for Jori and Bard, who still hadn’t emerged from their room when the gray light of dawn began to melt into golden shafts of light. She wasn’t sure who was sleeping and who was awake. Keeper tattoos generally took a long time, and Jori started late. Tattoo methods might be different in Char Visil too. That is, if he ever went through with it in the first place.
The thought of Jori getting a painful tattoo almost made her laugh, but she couldn’t deny she was proud of him. If he actually did it, that would be a monumental step for him.
The throne room was practically empty when she arrived for her meeting with the king. A guard announced her and opened the golden double doors to admit them. At the end of the gallery stood the tall dais wi
