Reign Queen by L. Darby Gibbs

Author:L. Darby Gibbs [Gibbs, L. Darby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: self discovery, clean Romance, romantic fantasy, magic kingdom, fantasy trilogy, magic forest, trilogy book 3, magic path
Publisher: L. Darby Gibbs
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Kambry gazed thoughtfully at the dresses hanging before her. She’d already picked one out for their visit with the Laurents, but her fingers lingered on the white dress she had worn the day she had entered the Kavin Cut.

“That wouldn’t be the best dress to wear, Your Majesty,” Sarena said. “The style is not quite Kavin, though it is pretty. I’m not sure what event it would be appropriate for.”

“It is a spring festival dress, quite appropriate in Paddlyrun.”

“Maybe you could hold a spring festival here and suggest the fashion.” Sarena lay her hand on the soft fabric. “I wouldn’t mind a dress like this.”

“I’m not the same girl who wore this garment.” Her hand dropped away from the dress, and she pulled at the ties of her bodice.

Sarena helped her. “I’m sure you have changed little.”

Kambry shook her head. There had been so much that had happened since then. It was a wonder anyone from Paddlyrun even recognized her. Her hand tugged at the strap of the queen’s scabbard. She really needed to break that habit. “Let’s get me ready.”

Sarena finished with her hair and smoothed a narrow blue ribbon that dangled from Kambry’s sleeve. “You’ve been silent, Your Majesty. The king didn’t hurt you, did he?”

“What?” Kambry twisted around, giving the maid a sharp look. Russal wouldn’t hurt her. Drag her off her horse, yes.

Sarena blushed and chewed her lip. “He has been kind with you, yes?”

“We are still fostering our relationship.” She felt her own face flush.

Sarena turned her back and folded an undergarment. “It's difficult to adjust when you might feel happier with someone else. It is good he is giving you time.”

Kambry took a breath and let it out slowly. She needed to shift this conversation. Needing to talk things over with someone was fine, but she barely knew this woman. And what made her think Kambry wanted to be with someone else? Her face flushed. She’d slept in their bed alone.

“Are you married, Sarena?”

“Yes, several years now.”

“Was there someone else waiting for you?”

Sarena backed up a step and held the pale piece of clothing in a tight grip. She shook her head with tiny jerks and glared at the two girls she was training when they stopped what they were doing to stare at her. Molly and Maureen returned to organizing a drawer.

Kambry wondered how many times they had moved things about, looking busy but not really doing anything.

Sarena put the garment away and examined the closet as if looking for tasks to give the young women or herself.

Kambry looked away, wanting to give Sarena time to recover her equanimity.

She acknowledged she was uncertain about Felip’s current motivations and Russal’s expectations of her, but she knew which one she loved. Why did she feel so ambivalent about her next step in their relationship? Sybil had said she was having difficulty with interpreting Kavin’s allegiance, as if it was questioning which man to support. And now she had to keep those men apart, putting her own allegiance in question.

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