Chapter 16
We ate under the air of good conversation going around the table. For the first time, I understood exactly why these people were put as leaders of their respective races. They were not only inheritors of crowns and titles, they were actually nice people underneath the hard exterior I have learned to wear in the name of politics. But even if all that was gone, I had a feeling I would still be friends with these people.
I looked over where Felix was sitting. The Wolf King’s face was being stuffed by sausages by the leader of the Keepers. Even the snooty Keymaster was teaching the Orc Chief on why asparagus tasted better with salty meat wrapped around it. It had something to do with complementing flavors, he said. I smiled.
Peia Solaris was in deep focus as she healed the rest o
