Chapter 28

The rest of the line of people came by, but Jecobian’s dazzling smile stayed in Kit’s mind’s eye, and once the next delegation came into view, down the road quite a ways, Kit thought she might not make it through another meeting such as that one. She needed a fan, some water, and a place to lie down.

“You liked that one, didn’t you, darling daughter?” her mother asked, a hint of excitement in her tone.

“I did,” Kit admitted. “He has been one of my favorites thus far.”

“Good,” was all her mother said in response, and Kit wondered what it was about Jecobian that made her mother so pleased. She doubted she’d ever find out. Questions about what really happened in the attack lingered, but she knew she’d not get answers from her mother whose lips were sealed tight on that matter—and most others.

It took an hour for the next delegation, presenting Owin from the province Ald