After Isika woke up from the dream about Ben, she paced her room. Who had Ben found? She wanted to know. Maybe it should be enough for Isika to know that he had found someone, but it was just enough information to tease her, not enough to satisfy. How were things going with the search party? She wanted to get news from them. These were the kinds of things that queens needed to be aware of, Isika thought.
someoneShe put on a robe and went to the kitchen to make spice tea. As she warmed the spices, the scent rose up and reminded her of Teru and Dawit and of the life they"d had together in this house. She missed them all—her foster parents, Ben, Ibba. Aria, too, though Aria had never lived in this house with her. It was so strange to have only Kital for company. Isika did her best to keep th
