CHAPTER 14
Winter was now a full-fledged season. Snow left the ground unusable, but Peytra and Jors still found themselves outdoors on their daily strolls. Marii and Peytire had taken over much of the wedding decision-making. This was not as arduous a task as first thought. Even though the nobility from near and far had been invited, few felt the urgency to leave the warmth of their walls to travel to stand on some ceremony. There was a steady flow of polite declines to their invitation. That suited the betrothed all too well, who would have preferred to have a small ceremony all to themselves.
The only guests to arrive were the small circle of Jors’ closest noble friends and Peytra’s family and family friends. Elle had arrived in the past week with her guest, the Lady Antel, whom Peytra
