Chapter 151

It all happened so suddenly. He had arrived in the west with his son only ten days later. Then he and the other harbinger had been asked to a royal assembly held by the leader of the sea folks to declare the start of his new crusade in the north, "... and I had gone along as the god Naghas's personal peasant. During the sea people leader’s speech from the throne, I became aware that someone in Naghas's entourage was staring at me as I stood among the royal harbinger. I had no idea who Harriet was at that time, only that, when our eyes met, there was no mistaking the craving in her gaze. I was her mate. The day after we sailed for the north, taking Naghas' army with him, I received a summons to attend Harriet’s private lodging at the palace.

There I met her. I was smitten by her sophistication and beauty. I was so intoxicated with what had happened that I was incapable of asking myself why a powerful seer should take up with a young man so rapidly. I was yet to learn how a woman can b