across the royal tent and plopped onto the
stool beside the queen’s tub. Not at all
seeming to care that the queen or Elide were
naked.
It took all of Elide’s will not to cover
herself up. At least with Aelin in the adjacent
tub, the lip of the bath was high enough to
offer them privacy. But with Borte sitting
above them like this—
“Here are my thoughts,” Borte declared,
flicking the end of one of her braids.
Aelin smiled slightly.
“Hasar is cranky and cold. Sartaq is used to
these conditions and doesn’t care. Kashin is
trying to make the best of it, because he’s so
damned nice, but they’re all just a little
nervous that we’re marching on a hundred
thousand soldiers, potentially more on the
way, and that Erawan is not out of
commission. Neither is Maeve. So they’re
lily
(lily)
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