Chapter Twenty-One
"That the empress would someday come home
was told about in an ancient tome.
Ride into Màrrach she did, one day;
where she had been, no one could say.
The mark upon her breast could not be denied;
Though for the fair-haired gypsy, she cried."
-Empress Come Home; Kyia Kossi
Rhiannon jumped back and quickly pulled her shirt closed. She frowned at the woman, but then let her expression fade into resignation. A small group of people had entered the room and were curiously watching, a few keeping an eye on the pax who had jumped up on to the jewel-toned lounge. Two more men hastily entered the room and quickly walked up to the woman. One of the men's tunic and breeches were more colorful and ornamented than the other warriors, and Rhiannon wondered if that meant some
