Inside her office, Morielle clenched her teeth. She finally got an order to get out of Zilny, but it happened in zata season, a couple months after she had that panoramic viewing in the castle. She had to go to Ilgi, finally.
She stared at the cobalt-colored parchment that had the king’s seal, ordering her to go to the border between Naimheed and Reocht. It said there that she would replace Rhovatt Pren, who was sent there a month ago. It was Shi Rhovatt Vostan himself who gave her the parchment that morning she reported to work.
“Is he trying to kill me because I’m not going to marry him?” she mumbled and crumpled the parchment. Coyukh ki! (Damn it)
Shi Rhovatt Vostan just sighed. “One day you almost scratched my eyeballs because I didn’t send you to Ilgi, but now that you’re sent ther
