Boi Bride by Samantha Cayto

Author:Samantha Cayto [Cayto, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBTQIA Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2022-03-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Taryn tried not to gawk as he followed Kexen through the palace. His personal groomer had somehow managed to lead from behind and had looked aghast at Taryn’s suggestion that the boy simply go ahead of him. Apparently one of the rules of his new station was that no one beneath him in rank should precede him. He wasn’t sure he was ever going to get used to the idea that he had somehow become an important person. As he walked down the exquisite halls, he couldn’t help but feel out of place. That was true even though his new clothing made him look more regal than he would have expected for everyday wear. The green kirtle mirrored the style from the night before, but with sleeves this time, and the trousers were of the same soft material. Kexen had called it cotton, and it was almost as lovely as silk and velvet. The fabric moved with him—freeing, not binding or stiff, nor was it itchy. He enjoyed the feel of it against his skin.

He still couldn’t understand why it was so critical to go order more clothing this morning. Apparently, he needed a new outfit for his tea with the dowager queen. When he’d suggested that he could simply wear what he already had on, Kexen’s expression had been so appalled that it was as if Taryn had proffered that he could go naked. The boy had explained with the kind of slow, clear speech that one might use with a very small and not particularly clever child that Moorcondian people of power changed their clothing throughout the day to match whatever they were doing. It seemed a waste of time and material. What would these people who snuck peeks of him as he passed think of how he’d often worn the same clothes for days on end? At least he and Kexen were headed for the ground floor, a place where the servants went about their daily business. Taryn would feel more comfortable around such simple folk. And he had insisted on this journey instead of making the seamstress and her helpers haul many bolts of cloth up to his chambers. He hoped he never reached a point in which he was indifferent to making ridiculous work for others.

“How many floors are there?” Taryn wanted to learn the layout of the palace as quickly as possible. Dragging Kexen around with him everywhere wasn’t going to be practical. He needed to be more independent throughout the day. That’s assuming Kexen isn’t my jailer. It was important to remember that he was as much a hostage to the treaty as a pampered consort of a prince.

Kexen pulled almost even with him. “Four, your grace. This is the first floor, where all the public rooms are for the palace residents and their visitors to meet and socialize, as well as the throne room and the great dining hall.”

“Yes, I was there last night for the banquet, but I must confess I wasn’t paying attention to where my husband took me.

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