¬ Fashire
"Since it has come to this, a child would be the wisest course of action."
I glanced at Dana, confused. What was this woman saying now?
The noble heads and officials present mirrored my confusion, but a few knowing stares made me sit up.
"What do you mean?" I eyed where she sat at our table.
"I said you should get her pregnant."
I went rigid in my seat.
The wide chamber stirred. Many exchanged glances, and the officials shifted in their seats, a few standing up.
Our siblings looked utterly lost, with the exception of Sereth and Vance, who were displeased.
I could not believe what I was hearing.
The meeting had already been gruelling enough without this.
Over an hour of back-and-forth conversations and arrangements. The nobles had been furious when I first laid out my reasoning for taking Hiln as queen.
