Queen Tanith and Ievos were on their fourth glass of wine and the stars in the sky had begun to disappear and the ink black night started to transition into day, paling slightly as they sat out on the balcony.
“I admire your love for Tolanda, she has really touched you, hasn’t she?” Queen Tanith said.
“Yes, I was trying to hurt her, but I cannot bear the way she looks at me when I do so. It was after the spirit dragon last night and I worried for her thinking he had badly injured her, I realised how petty my games were. I have not been in my right mind since… well since I left Laseron’Dir really but even then, I was not truly in my right mind at home,”
“Do you consider it home?” she asked him.
“Not really, it was force of habit saying that I suppose it is only home in that I was born t
