You look absolutely amazing, my lady. Laria beamed as she did the last knots in Kaida’s hair. The seamstress as always, had that warm air about her as she worked to bring out another masterpiece of her creations. Her cheerfulness had worked to Kaida’s advantage in banishing the silence in the tent that would have drawn her to the dark moments when Severina had her trapped in her own mind.
Only good thoughts. She had decided. After her intense duel that had snapped her out of her cycle of regret, she had no intention of letting her focus slip again. Neither did she intend to spend anymore of her energies on such duels as she was saving up all her strength for the rest of the hunt and the upcoming arguments she anticipated from the first and second prince.
“They do not have a right to sum
