Kira was received at the Pontal enthusiastically by the court. Nobody understood how or when she arrived, much less why she had returned without the prince, and that was when malicious whispers began to pollute the palace airs - she didn't care, not in the face of everything that was happening. Her closest friends, Lady Elysent and Lady Aella, weren’t living there anymore as their father ordered them to return home so they could meet some serious suitors instead of spending their days wandering around the court. Lord Saor was never seen again; according to Eron he wasn’t even with his father, he left Handar fearing to be caught as he knew that the king was after him. Kira also wrote to Lila, informing her that she was back at the Pontal and asked her to no longer send letters to the Contin
