Highest Lord (Seat of Magic, #4)

To those without faith, it would seem madness.

The new court session has begun, with the barons returning by invitation. A mating ceremony is being arranged, and, with it, a calm has come over the palace.

It is little more than the calm before the storm.

For along with the barons come the high lords, those who reside in the other lands as a representation and open invitation to those lands to return to the palace. Of those who gather, only the barons have forewarning of the sort of woman they ...