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The next morning, Adi was escorted back to the queen’s private chambers. For once, she felt rested after sleeping several hours. The guard walked her right up to the queen, then withdrew, leaving her alone with the ruler.
After having made her decision, Adi took the time to appraise the faerie creature. Her face was ageless, and Adi might have guessed her age at anything between twenty and fifty. She smiled to herself, knowing full well that the creature was thousands of years old.
The ruler, fully fitted out in her ceremonial garb, raw silk embroidered with silver threads, stood tall and pale. Now that they were so close to reaching an agreement, the hostility and rage seemed to have been replaced with a more benevolent attitude.
The constant pushing against Adi’s mental boundaries
