Chapter 25 book 3 is live
Two Teas:
It was through the good offices of Embis Winmer that Sedra discovered she would have to receive Lady Callant in her quarters. The secretary was apologetic, but “His Majesty requires that it be done, Your Highness, today and every day,” he said firmly.
“He could at least have had the decency to tell me himself!” fumed Sedra. Both Winmer and Brinnid refrained from pointing out that as Sedra was not speaking to her father, he would have found this difficult.
Sedra saw tea in her rooms as private. Sometimes she took tea with various members of her family, but she always preferred her own table and her own company; it was a time for her to think about her day’s ramblings and readings before dressing for dinner. And now, it was a time to be alone with Brinnid. To have her tea disturbed by the presence of her father’s mistress was near-intolerable, and her temper was stretched thin as a fly’s wing.
It was through the good offices of Embis Winmer that Sedra discovered she would have to receive Lady Callant in her quarters. The secretary was apologetic, but “His Majesty requires that it be done, Your Highness, today and every day,” he said firmly.
“He could at least have had the decency to tell me himself!” fumed Sedra. Both Winmer and Brinnid refrained from pointing out that as Sedra was not speaking to her father, he would have found this difficult.
Sedra saw tea in her rooms as private. Sometimes she took tea with various members of her family, but she always preferred her own table and her own company; it was a time for her to think about her day’s ramblings and readings before dressing for dinner. And now, it was a time to be alone with Brinnid. To have her tea disturbed by the presence of her father’s mistress was near-intolerable, and her temper was stretched thin as a fly’s wing.
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