““Lady Essan rode to battle with Lord Donjim. Women run the entire land of Ranuak; and probably half the counselors of Nordwei are women. How can these...idiots... believe that women are less capable? So much that they would die rather than accept it?” Jecks shrugged. “Mayhap once I did, but a daughter I had, and stronger than her consort.” “I liked Alasia,” Anna said quietly. Then she stepped forward and hugged the handsome white-haired lord. “I’m sorry. You’ve been good to listen to me." Jecks... squeezed her back, then gently released her. “I would listen to aught you say.” She looked into the warm hazel eyes. “Thank you. You know... I do listen to you, too. It’s just hard, sometimes.” Especially in this crazy place. The smile she received took all the chill out of the damp scrying room. 70 In the dampness of late morning, Anna stood on the old raised stone platform that backed up to the outside of the south wall of the liedburg, looking out at Jecks, Jimbob, and the pages and fosterlings to her right—except for Lysara—and to the lancers and officers arrayed to her left.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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