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Blank lawns are a great big show of nothing.”
“Yasa Kithadi asked that I pass on a warning to you. It’s nothing dire,” she added, seeing my startled response to this, “but she said to tell you—and this is a direct quote—that in Qi-Xihan, you’ll have more things to worry about than what your husband inherits.”
“It’s a reseko,” said Telitha helpfully. “A sort of little bear-cat that lives in trees in the mountains. They’re native to Tithena, though they’re rare this far south. They’re considered tricksters, which makes them sacred to Ruya.”
“He was lonely,” Markel signed again, “but he would’ve rather been lonely forever than have me stay out of obligation. Even at fifteen.”
know you think little of me,” I said, voice tight, “but understand this. If anything happens to Caethari while he’s in your charge—if he ends up harmed in any way—I will eat your heart.”
“You think I don’t love Caethari,” he said. “But I do. I love him so much I hardly know what to do with it.” Vel laughed, the sound so fragile and perfect that Cae’s heart clenched in his chest. “I think I’ve been falling in love with him since the day I first rode into Qi-Katai. And if you hurt him—if you put so much as a scratch on him—so help me, I will burn your clan to ash.”
