Chapter 15
ProposalsElainya
Nian devoted most of his peacetime to Jauer — and then to his magic.
I was happy to be ignored.
My time was filled with patients and those seeking matches. When I was free, I sewed or walked with the ladies — or sent back Sir Reif’s gifts. Each day, I found a letter, flowers, or some trinket on my desk.
It had become a light-hearted game between us. When we met in the corridors, he was always the gentleman. If it were not for the darkness I’d seen in Trillia’s mind, I might have softened toward him.
Miatra laughed at seeing one she feared behave like a love-lorn suitor. She had become my constant companion. Eagerly she helped me gather herbs — more eager to write the new label than to gather.
On her birthday, I presented her with her own pen and ink along
