Chapter Ten
I never envied Uzack his job: trying to keep the peace in the fractious House of Women. While there were frequent spats, and constant outbreaks of petty jealousy among the girls, by the time Lohr was named Queen, she had risen well above the fray. No cutting remarks were aimed her way, at least not with the experience of the unfortunate Ana fresh in everyone’s memory. Lohr had the field all to herself, having banished all her rivals. Her place at the King’s side seemed secure, with possibly one disturbing exception. For no one could fail to notice the way Rahn’s eyes lit up when the fair Alea came into the room. That appreciative gleam certainly did not escape Lohr’s attention, and it was inevitable that she would campaign to discredit the one girl whose beauty might rival her
