Ival set her teacup down.
“Are you fertile?”Himera winced.“Sorry for just blurting that out.”
“As far as Zera can see, I paused my ovarian activity for the last twenty years.The little suckers are just sleeping.”
“Oh.Well, are you planning on taking it off pause?”
“Yup.Well, no.Riimal is working on it.His beast has chemical secretions as well, and they are fairly effective on me.He said he will let me know when I am close.”She chuckled.“He’s very sportsmanlike.”
“Your union is a sport?”
“Yup.I win a lot, he wins a lot, and if there is a tie, we need a safe word.”
Himera blinked and then started to laugh.“You sound like your book.”
“Yeah, I get that a lot.Did you get through it?”
“Um, yes.May I forward it to one of my ladies?Just one.The others wouldn’t be up for it.My friend is twisted.”
“Sure.Go ahead.Anything else?”
“Riithan is playing polo this weekend, and we thought it would be nice to go and cheer him on.As a family.”
Ival paused.“Are you sure you want me out in public?”
Himera smiled.“Yes, sister, I do.”
“Sis...right.Family is a very fluid term to me.”
“Here, it can be everything or nothing.”
“I am shooting for actually considering it an option.”
Himera smiled.“I will try to help you.In that vein, the seamstress is coming to take your measurements for a proper wardrobe.There are events that Riimal has to attend as a prince that require you to be there.”
“I suspected.It’s his one downside.”
Himera laughed and then sobered.“Thorassen has contacted us.”
“Have you?”
“Yes.The king will discuss it with you.Do you want to see the ambassador of Thorassen?”
“They are here?”
“They are.”
“Who are they?”
“Suuro.”
Ival didn’t know how to feel.Her brother-in-law had been a minor when she had been sold.“I will not meet him without Riimal.I don’t know if his intentions are hostile or not.”
Himera frowned.“I thought you would be happy to meet with them.”
“I am, but I do not know if he was in favour of his mother selling me.”
Himera stared.“Oh.I didn’t know that he is your brother-in-law.”
