The next day, after having her bath and breakfast, Princess Zahrona gave Nornu some instructions, then went to see her Mother.
When she left her Mother's chambers last night, she had summoned her Tribe's elite physicians, and sought their help.
What she learnt brought her no small sadness.
The body-painted and strange-looking women had told her, that her Mother's sickness was one of the heart, that she had been like that since their Tribe lost the war, and had resisted all cures, despite their best efforts.
Nodding grimly, she had dismissed the elite doctors, then summoned Nornu to prepare for the night.
This morning, she was coming with some of the herbs and ointments her betrothed, and his Mother had specially prepared for her, for her journey home.
Entering her Mother's chambers,
