Ch. 15 Courtesy

"No..." He said, pausing and giving me another look up and down, as if he were verifying something in his head. "In the event that she is still too young to marry and carry out wifely responsibilities, she'd be promised to the Prince until she was old enough to carry out said duties. Obviously, we'd still take her with us and let her finish her childhood in the Kingdom, as per the letter we sent. But the sooner we can show our people this unity between us, the better." He offered, looking like he'd rather be discussing anything but my 'daughters' "wifely responsibilities" with me. I avoided biting my lip in frustration, apparently there had been more in that letter than my mother let on.

"Hmmm," I said, leaning back.

"So, how old is she. If you don't mind my saying, Queen Mage, you look awfully young to have an heir that's old enough to be married off." He noted.

"The Princess is plenty old enough to be married. She goes into this willingly. Fiery, a little tempermental maybe, but w