If there weren’t more pressing matters, Kamira would be sure to express her gratitude to Varessa for taking Prince Jalyn away. His gray face and black eyes, and more so his words, reminded her of everything about Tivarashan she would rather forget, and even though some of his replies rang with sincerity, the presence of the Four’s priestess and his royal blood made it clear that Tivarashan was ready to make a move on Kaighal. Not that she hadn’t expected it, but her plans she didn’t take into account that the queen would send someone resilient instead of one of her hotheaded, proud, and ambitious daughters. She gritted her teeth. Just what she needed right now—more politics! Any Tivarashan woman of notable stature would have taken offense to everything that she experienced, from a ruined c
