THE FIFTH: Chapter Seventeen, Part Two

This portion ends rather abruptly, but it was too long to post all at once. I'm not being a tease; I promise!
Map, Glossary

UnionPART TWO
The day was perhaps the longest of my life.  I was never prone to nervousness, but I felt something like eager anticipation for whatever Lady Kiva managed to pull together.  Following tradition, Inokel and I were not to see each other before the ceremony.  Thus, he was restricted to his home so that Lady Kiva had free reign of the royal house to...