Northstar Vale grains

Lady Ruenna as Matrona was a different name than she was used to with the title—thus, when Tamar’s friend who had been promised to Epoch had to remain in Mereo instead… It certainly made sense.

What stirred a light twist of her lips was the fact they had used Tamar as a housekeeper—not that the duty itself wasn’t useful, but could the soldiers not clean up after themselves in their dens? “Aresenio and you were together before Mereo?”

And then—a hint of her homeland, stirring her eyes to settle over the golden beauty. “I’ve never been to the desert. Do you miss it much?”