Thekingsviper
“She was to be Queen of Ystria, and all the little earldom of Venn rejoiced that its lady had been raised to such favor.
What she herself felt about the subject was something she could hardly decide from moment to moment. Pride, certainly, at the honor done to her father and her isle. Excitement. A great deal of trepidation—and some puzzlement. She couldn’t help wondering if the King of Ystria had somehow made a mistake and meant to pick someone else altogether.
Eloise had met King Arnauld himself only once, a few months previously during the Spring Ball arranged in honor of his twenty-seventh birthday. She had seen him several times from a distance, of course, but her only personal contact was a single dance at the ball in the palace of Kingsholme. He was, in her opinion, a pleasant, handsome man. He’d made small talk and shown no sign at all that his interest extended to the matrimonial.
That decision had been laid upon her father by vellum letter at a later date.
Undoubtedly it had ...had little to do with Eloise’s prowess at dancing, because she’d been so flustered that she’d fallen over her own feet.MoreLess
What she herself felt about the subject was something she could hardly decide from moment to moment. Pride, certainly, at the honor done to her father and her isle. Excitement. A great deal of trepidation—and some puzzlement. She couldn’t help wondering if the King of Ystria had somehow made a mistake and meant to pick someone else altogether.
Eloise had met King Arnauld himself only once, a few months previously during the Spring Ball arranged in honor of his twenty-seventh birthday. She had seen him several times from a distance, of course, but her only personal contact was a single dance at the ball in the palace of Kingsholme. He was, in her opinion, a pleasant, handsome man. He’d made small talk and shown no sign at all that his interest extended to the matrimonial.
That decision had been laid upon her father by vellum letter at a later date.
Undoubtedly it had ...had little to do with Eloise’s prowess at dancing, because she’d been so flustered that she’d fallen over her own feet.MoreLess
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