The market experience with the rogue vampire helped Lysandra to open her eyes to the close relationships within the people of the household.
Queen Lilli and Alena had a quiet friendship. A former queen and an aide, they were now close friends with deep trust to each other.
Chay and the talking head, Dalton, were inseparable. They talked to each other every day. Sometimes, they argued but they did not bear grudges. They laughed a lot.
Lysandra was envious.
The two brothers were close, too. Brat and Corn seemed happy in their life. They lived separately in a wooden boat, painted in bright colors: crimson and topaz. Instead of water, they planted different colors of wild flowering plants below. It looked sailing on flowers all season!
Lysandra met the only child in the compound when she
