Ariana
A week after the funeral, I walked into the small council meeting. We had just sat down to start when the warriors announced the arrival of my sister-in-law. I took a quick glance at my watch, and she was right on time and I couldn’t help but smile.
She took her seat on the throne. She would have been there even if my brother had been alive. I could see that the council was very uncomfortable. To distract them, I started the meeting. My sister-in-law didn’t interfere once and when the meeting finally ended, I could tell the council was relieved to leave the room.
I packed up my things and as she was about to leave, I finally spoke up.
“Why haven’t you cried?” It probably wasn’t proper to ask, but I needed to know. She stopped but didn’t look at me.
“Because if I cry, I have
