Chapter 306

'NO, MORE FORMAL.'

'Oh, come on, this is formal!' I scowled at Alek as he peered into my dressing area to see what Maeri and my dresser Serryn argued with me over. I'd picked out a calf length navy dress that gathered comfortably at the waist but looked sleek. The perfect solution to being able to sit and listen to councillors in comfort instead of fantasizing about yanking the stabilizing bones out of the dress and stabbing the droning idiots with them. After weeks of travel and fighting, I didn't think they would have me in full day meetings only five days back.

I was wrong. Very wrong.

'What are we discussing today?' I snapped the words, trying to shake off the urge to voice my real thoughts.

The last thing I wanted to do today was sit for hours.

Before Alek could respond bangs and shouts rang out from further down the hall. The redesign of the Griffon Guard Quarters and the Elemental Quarters was in full swing.

Kassie and Rumal had vanished to Delanta to avoid the rebuild wh