11
Kiria
Late the next afternoon, suitably beautiful, Kiria invited Tanis to walk with her through the grounds. She told Candrae and Vayci, her two serving girls, that they could stay behind. He had eased off his armor—oh my goodness!—and accepted her invitation.
She didn’t know why she was so excited when he agreed to walk with her. Could he even say no to a Kepress? She doubted it. Be that as it may, he was here now, walking close beside her along the pathways behind the palace, and she felt the thrill of it down her spine. The training grounds were out of the way, so they had a little while to walk before they even reached the Amiran Academy. It felt like they were alone.
“Don’t you have servants or something? Do they always let you take walks like this by yourself?” he asked, a gli
