All their weapons had been taken from them before they were shown their rooms. The rooms in the onyx castle were quite sparse of furniture but the bed was large and looked comfortable. Ievos was in no mind to settle though, he was anxious to get his meeting with King Selise underway. He could not read her or get any idea of what kind of woman and leader she was. It concerned him that he could not. There was a knock at the door, and he called the person to enter. It was Reinys and Elas both had come to speak with him.
“My lord, I wanted to know what sort of angle you intend to take in negotiations with this… king,” Elas began once they had entered.
“I would have a better idea if I had been able to read her,” Ievos replied.
“I read her,” Reinys spoke, “she is a strong woman, fierce lead
