Lion Head Mesa fifteenth

She recognized him now. He was the one who had greeted her and led her to the pharaoh. Diantha couldn't remember his name, or perhaps he had not given it.

I am to give heirs to Charles, she replied. Did he not remember? Or perhaps he had left before the pharaoh had settled their negotiation. The days all bled together in boredom now. If she knew that she would be safe outside these walls, she might have abandoned them. But a world out there was not safe for a lone woman her first year.