Indomitus Vivat (The Fovean Chronicles) by Robert Brady

Author:Robert Brady [Brady, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Robert W. Brady, Jr.
Published: 2012-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

Karel let me know that Tartan had been approached by the Confluni and the Trenboni, but had turned both down flat.

“Whether this was because he knew he might be tested, or because he honestly holds his commitment to you close to his heart, is your guess,” the Scitai said.

Karel, Shela and I were in my personal chambers with Lee, who seemed to be having a frank discussion with her ‘bebe’, wagging her finger at it and making nonsense sounds.

“And the rest of the peerage?” I asked him.

He smiled, leaning back on his pillow on our divan. “Dorkans are leaning pretty heavily on your Tren Bay coastal towns,” he said. “They want to be able to build towers on your coast.”

“And install teleportals,” Shela scowled. “Who gave them permission?”

“The Baron of Britt,” Karel said. Britt referred to the peninsula west of Eldador the Port. “His name is Jahon, and he complained non-stop that he can’t make a living on his land.”

“His land is a stretch of rock covered in salt spray – I would be surprised if things were otherwise with him,” I said.

Karel frowned and nodded.

“The baron of Tonkin didn’t give a firm, ‘No,’ either,” Karel said. “I would give him a few days before confronting him – he might want to report this to you and see what you want done.”

In fact, Genden had requested an audience with me for the next day. It was getting late, and court would be hard to make in the morning if I didn’t get some sleep.

“I appreciate your doing this,” I said to Karel. I still didn’t like him, but I had plenty of use for him. That was good enough.

He nodded and left. Shela deposited Lee in her bassinet, quickly becoming too small for her. Now that we had Nina, we were preparing to transition Lee to her own room in order to get some privacy. Nina had wanted to join us here as well, and had reconciled herself to an adjoining room.

“Planning on conquering me tonight, your majesty?” Shela asked me, her eyebrow raised.

I laughed and took her in my arms. “I’ve conquered you a lot lately,” I informed her. “Your territory must be getting sore.”

She laid her head on my shoulder. She didn’t want to admit to me how she had been affected by the attack at my inauguration, but I knew. She’d been hinting that she wanted another child – this might be coming to a head now that my life had been threatened.

“You live your life at such a pace,” she told me, “no wonder Blizzard loves you – you travel faster than he does. I worry that if I blink too long or sleep too deeply, I will miss you.”

I smelled her hair, all evergreen and straw. She was my dark spring, I thought to myself right then.

An Earth mother who could turn into a hurricane on a dime.

I spontaneously shoved her into our bed, flipped her onto her stomach and took a fist full of her hair.

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