Chapter 81

• Bastian stood outside the chamber. Why wasn’t there a window or something that allowed them to see in? He knew she’d be coming back out with the sigil on her arm, but he still wanted to be able to see her. Was she scared? She had been quiet during the whole thing. While he showered, and changed, his mother and cousin explained all the bits or Solrelm that he found boring.
• They had brought her over to the private room his family used for porting to and from places. Liri had given Nova a cloak to wear. His mother and Liri had also put one on. With Trendan, Ulric, Tor, Riaz, and himself, they’d walked to the chamber, cloaked women in the center so no one could see them. It looked like a royal ceremony was taking place, although those didn’t normally happen in the middle of the night, but no one would question it.
• He stared at the ornate doors to the chamber, it was a royal ceremony of sorts, and his other was in there becoming one of them.