Chapter 4
When the meal was over, Amery found himself pinned down by his guests, who took advantage of the regent’s presence to besiege him with questions he would rather have answered during the weekly sessions he held in the throne room. He watched, helpless, as his knights rose from their table and excused themselves from the dining hall. Only Tovin paused to glance back, his face closed, his eyes unreadable.
Then the crowd surged toward the middle table, and Tovin’s friends pulled him from view.
When Amery finally managed to escape, he found Tovin in the now empty drawing room, brooding. From the doorway, he studied his lover, who sat at the table where the knights had gathered to hear the regent’s news. A slight frown graced Tovin’s face as he picked at the gauntlets he’d thrown
