A College of Magics (2012)
“Faris sat very still. She was aware, beneath the stillness, of her profound fatigue. It would be good to go on sitting at the table for a long time. Not thinking. Not talking. Just sitting.
“That would be Agnes Paganell, sister to Menary Paganell, I imagine?” Her voice didn’t sound tired at all. She sounded calm and, in a small dry way, amused. Faris permitted herself to feel proud of that calmness. Perhaps Greenlaw had changed her a little after all.
“Princess Agnes is Princess Menary’s elder ...sister, and so heir presumptive to her father, King Julian.” Reed sounded apologetic.
“King Julian,” repeated Faris, as though the words tasted spoiled.
“She seems quite decent, for an aristocrat from Aravill. She doesn’t even use her own title. Just Lady Brinker. Not that any of us would ever remember to call her anything else.”
“If Brinker has his heir, what does he want with me?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea. Why not go home and ask him?”
Faris rubbed her forehead.MoreLess
“That would be Agnes Paganell, sister to Menary Paganell, I imagine?” Her voice didn’t sound tired at all. She sounded calm and, in a small dry way, amused. Faris permitted herself to feel proud of that calmness. Perhaps Greenlaw had changed her a little after all.
“Princess Agnes is Princess Menary’s elder ...sister, and so heir presumptive to her father, King Julian.” Reed sounded apologetic.
“King Julian,” repeated Faris, as though the words tasted spoiled.
“She seems quite decent, for an aristocrat from Aravill. She doesn’t even use her own title. Just Lady Brinker. Not that any of us would ever remember to call her anything else.”
“If Brinker has his heir, what does he want with me?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea. Why not go home and ask him?”
Faris rubbed her forehead.MoreLess
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