Jia's face was contorted. Tamina had dared to touch her things. How dare she?
Jia fumed inwardly, trying to keep her nerves calm. "Go and tell Lady Tamina she has been summoned to the meeting room.
Jia's voice pierced the air. The guard nodded immediately and scurried through the verse corridors, making his way to Tamina's chamber.
Meanwhile, Tamina was busy relaxing on a cotton swing in the garden.
Her lean, fair fingers were plucking from the bunch of grapefruits on a golden tray, which was placed on a glass table beside the swing. Next to the grapes was a glass of milk.
She took the glass of milk and brought it to her lips, sipping from it demurely.
Just then her personal maid was beside her... "My lady, a guard is claiming you have been summoned to the meeting room chamber." Th
