Lion Head Mesa ma'murir

It is a truth that Nazli finds painful to hear. Given that the queen had been killed, there was no refuting it - and she thought immediately of the new queen, the new royal children.

And the priestesses were gone now. The sad woman with the smiling face - her name had slipped Nazli's mind for a moment, but her image flashed there.

I... I've been busy, she admits. The whole palace had been busy, with the funeral, the birth of children - with life, everywhere and all at once.