02 - The Barbed Rose by Gail Dayton

Author:Gail Dayton [Dayton, Gail]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy, General
ISBN: 9781408976371
Google: S2FL_U_C0SEC
Publisher: Harlequin Mills & Boon, Limited
Published: 2011-11-01T05:52:21+00:00

Joh and Viyelle apparently got the rest of the tangle sorted, at least temporarily, for no more uncomfortable incidents unfolded the rest of that day or the next. It gave Kallista a sense of confidence as she strode through the palace corridors at Viyelle’s side, the men ranged before and behind in bodyguard position on their way to meet their new ilias’s parents.

Sanda Torvyll was still quartered in Winterhold. She’d been at court through the winter, and with all the citizenry pouring into Arikon and the Reinine’s court, there hadn’t been room for her to make the shift to Summerglen when the Reinine did. It made for a very long walk through the two enormous palaces.

The walk nibbled at Kallista’s confidence. After all, this was a prinsipas they were off to visit. A prinsipas whose daughter they intended to marry. Had already married in every way but one. It wasn’t as if she could prevent them taking Viyelle into their ilian. But family could make things very uncomfortable. Kallista had personal experience of that.

At least they looked good. She had allowed Obed to indulge his generous nature and gift them with clothing more fine than what many courtiers wore. She and Torchay were in dress uniform of course, but uniforms made of thick, nubbly raw silk, embroidered in lustrous silk thread with touches of gold. Her rank insignia were clipped on with gold pins shaped like lightning bolts and their queues were tied off with gold hair clips.

Joh’s tunic was a shade brighter than Kallista’s uniform, bringing out the intense blue of his eyes. The short sleeves and lower edge of the tunic were slashed in the current fashion, the slashes bound and ornamented with heavy silver embroidery, but the lining that showed through was black rather than some other fashionably bright color. He wore black trousers, so that he seemed almost uniformed as well, though the clip that fastened his long queue was silver.

Obed wore his hair loose over his silver-embroidered black Southron robe. Beneath it, he wore a plain blue tunic the same color as Joh’s and black trousers. A tiny silver loop winked from his right earlobe. Kallista hadn’t thought he would actually pierce his ear, but he had. She liked the way it looked.

Only Viyelle had no new finery to wear. She had clothing almost as fine but had elected not to wear it, explaining that she hoped the contrast would help reinforce the fact that the ilian had no need for money. Kallista hoped it would work.

They reached the corridor that passed the Shaluine suite and Kallista drew to a halt. “Are we ready?”

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