Morielle woke up earlier the next day to prepare breakfast for the king’s wives and their children. She had to do this for at least a month to make a bond with them, according to the harem tradition. Now she realized that the kings before her husband had no harems, for as much as she could recall in the Naim history. King Raithen did indeed reign differently from his predecessors, learning that he married those women because of politics.
I really hate politics! she thought, finishing her shower in her husband’s bathroom.
Unlike yesterday, King Raithen was not out of bed earlier than her. He was asleep when she went to the bathroom but was now awake when she padded back into the room with only her blue bathrobe on.
“Where are you going?” he asked in a hoarse voice.
“Don’t you know your
