Spears (pt4)

It didn’t mean Azzah didn’t have any interest in what happened outside Hirka and the Emperor’s lands. The Lel’ul was the kind of person who could make her interested in something she didn’t quite understand. Always pleasant, he ran Hirka with the promise of how he would run the entire land when the Emperor passed. Everyone knew, and waited, for something better than they had even now.

“Do you think he’ll come here first, or stay in Hirka for administration?”

Reem shrugged again. “It’s hard to...