Kai
I wanted Mama to be the first to know. We raced back to the palace in time for dinner and everyone was already there. I looked at the array. Honeyed chicken with harissa, which was a spicy paste made from the chillis we grew. My favourite.
I looked around the table and saw Mama beaming. She already knew. I grinned back widely as she stood, gliding gracefully to both of us and hugging us tightly.
“I suppose you can’t tell us if there will actually be a wedding can you?” Orsa asked, wryly.
Mama laughed.
“If only I could, child. For now, it is enough that there might be.”
“A wedding?” Eli shot up alongside Leela.
The strife between them had clearly disappeared.
“We agreed to be married,” I announced.
“He practically begged me,” Orsa said, rolling her eyes and winking at me
