And the thing that bothered her the most right now, besides having this latest candidate show up at all, was that Zoe might very well have to meet him alone. Yes, Luz had said she was on her way over, but she hadn’t been terribly specific about her arrival time. Since a prima-in-waiting always lived at home until she met her consort and got married, it was easy enough to make sure that someone was around during these meetings. But Luz wasn’t here yet, and Zoe’s parents were half an hour away at her father’s office in downtown Phoenix. All right, she couldn’t say she was completely alone, since Zander was upstairs in his room. However, Zoe didn’t really consider him an effective chaperone, and although she didn’t have to have someone overseeing her meeting with a prospective consort, one of
