21 As it turned out, Yarrow, the unregistered shaman who had been helping Sasha to develop her shamanic powers, did come for lunch and for the afternoon’s magic workshop. She was dressed in her mirrored, embroidered black dress, set off by gold loop earrings, inside each of which dangled an emerald droplet. Her thick black hair was caught up in a brightly coloured bandana that allowed her hair to fall in thick waves down her back but kept it off her face. She brought news of Jon and a report about the progress that the refugees were making in organizing themselves into a potential resistance force. It had only been two months since Sasha and Jayhan’s a*******n, but it seemed that outrage at the a*******n coupled with the recognition of Sasha as their future queen, and Jon as their regent

