Light the Night

Hatshepsut stood tall as Njal spoke, and the look of love he exchanged with Tuwawi did not escape her cool scrutiny. Here was a good man; perhaps she would persuade Lestat to join his band. Eyes fell to the children who tumbled in front of their parents; for a brief, stabbing moment, she missed Neferure terribly, but immediately put the thought from her mind.

At the Sveijarn's dismissal, the Regent gave the royal family a quick, low bow, and glided in the direction of the glacier and its surety of caves and crevasses, hoping to secret herself away for a long rest while her mind roamed its palace and she decided what it was she would accomplish as a Duskfire wolf.