Eira had been to more than her share of noblemen's feasts and pompous banquets, but nothing she'd ever seen quite prepared her for her first dinner with the Mother of Trees and her retinue.
Lady Ashlynn escorted Ollie to one of the long trestle tables, sitting him firmly next to her on the wooden bench seats at the center of the table, where she could keep an eye on him. That much wasn't surprising, nor was the fact that the silver-haired woman, Isabell, took a seat next to her. She was clearly a woman of importance in Lady Ashlynn's inner circle, and Eira had already memorized the woman's features so that she would never mistake her for anyone ordinary, no matter how plainly she dressed.
It was when Samira, the woman who was heavily pregnant with Owain Lothian's child, took a seat next to Ollie, flanked by the kind-eyed inquisitor with the archaic robes, that Eira's eyes widened in surprise.
