The Riven Shield: the Sun Sword #5
“Her husband’s men, and trusted, they walked before her, swords sheathed; they were meant not as warning but as evidence of her significance.
She accepted them with an ease borne of familiarity, and in truth, she found them a comfort—but she would have to shed them before she spoke with the Voyani who waited. Her hands were steady; she drew strength from the formal posture, the rigidity of lifted chin, of elongated neck—forms that she adopted without thought, they were so necessary.
This was not... her home; her home was the heart of the harem. Exposed, she retreated into the mannered dignity of a Serra.
And knew, as she reached the waiting women, that it was the wrong retreat.
The older of the two was no longer dark-haired; time had grayed the untidy spill of raven black, and lines had become engraved around mouth and lip. Whether these were due to frown or smile, she could not say; the woman herself betrayed no emotion, other than the mild look of irritation that seemed so common among the Voyani.MoreLess
She accepted them with an ease borne of familiarity, and in truth, she found them a comfort—but she would have to shed them before she spoke with the Voyani who waited. Her hands were steady; she drew strength from the formal posture, the rigidity of lifted chin, of elongated neck—forms that she adopted without thought, they were so necessary.
This was not... her home; her home was the heart of the harem. Exposed, she retreated into the mannered dignity of a Serra.
And knew, as she reached the waiting women, that it was the wrong retreat.
The older of the two was no longer dark-haired; time had grayed the untidy spill of raven black, and lines had become engraved around mouth and lip. Whether these were due to frown or smile, she could not say; the woman herself betrayed no emotion, other than the mild look of irritation that seemed so common among the Voyani.MoreLess
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