He looked at Amanvah. “What did you mean, ‘As it should be’?” “Eh?” she asked. “Back in the count’s hall,” Rojer said. “When I said I had no patron, and needed none.” Amanvah bowed. “I have cast the bones since our … disagreement, husband. They tell me you must be free of fealty if your power is to remain pure. I apologize for doubting you. Sikvah and I are yours now. Whatever path you take in your battle with the alagai, we will follow. This is why our father wed us to you, and we will no longer forsake you. If you command we strip to our colored silk and sing in the night, we will do this.”
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