She opened one eye, and the smell of food was inviting, but if she just got up too fast, then she was doing as she was told, and she was not sure if she wanted to give him that kind of power that soon in their marriage!
“Vanora, you have to get up and eat breakfast. We have to see the council today.” He climbed out of bed, and she could hear him moving about the room.
Stretching, she yawned and sat up, looking at the huge tray of meats in front of her. She sniffed it and then looked at the small servants running about.
“Uhm, hello, who are all these people?”
“They are servants, eat.”
“It’s not alive and running around. I don’t eat dead things.” Holding her nose in the air.
“Queens don’t go out and kill "alive" things either. Eat.” He looked at her, and then at the tray.
She took a p
