The Prince of Bahn put on a good show, but Queen Rayna was experienced enough to realize that he didn¡¯t want her in his city.
She could sympathize a little.? With marauding armies roaming across the Northlands, the last thing you wanted to do is call attention to one.? Now one of them was camped outside his walls, and he was hosting their leader.
The Prince was no prize as far as courageous men were concerned.? His sister, however, was another story.? Yennifer von Bahn rode horseback, enjoyed fencing, and was constantly on her brother¡¯s back that they needed to muster up a militia.? She was young, yes.? Inexperienced, yes¡but there was no lack of courage on her part.
It gave Rayna a way into the Court of Bahn.? She sent out an invitation to the younger sister, and soon enough Yennifer answered, finding the Queen of the Sword to be quite inspirational.? In a short amount of time, she had invited the Queen of Apa into the walls of Bahn, and even arranged some impressive housing for her and her retinue.
Now, after spending a few nights in an actual bed, she was taking the time to go over correspondence from the last several days.? Most of it was predictable, but one stood out.
¡°A flash of light?¡±
She had gotten three reports which talked of the same thing.? One was a direct eye witness while the others were second hand reports.? They talked of seeing a bright flash of light somewhere near or perhaps even on the Basiya Jiyane.
That was more than a little disturbing.? The lake was a holy site to many, even to her, believed to be the Womb of the World, where life arose.? Whether you were an adherent to the Goddess, a faithful adherent to the Holy Twelve, a follower of the Trinity¡ªOld Law or Revelationist, and even the Thaluthin, all believed the Basiya Jiyane was important spiritually.
Should I be concerned, she wondered.? I should at least be curious, I think. ?
She got up from her desk, having made up her mind, and found Otto. ?¡°Otto, be a dear and send for Cali, please.¡±
¡°At once, my Queen.¡± ?He bowed and went on his way.
Ever since she accepted the services of Caldiorone Al-Basir-delove, she hadn¡¯t been certain exactly how to employ him.? He never seemed to complain, but she was still concerned.? The Caliph of Emirzelli was quite insistent on her using his services, but she was a little averse about having the services of an assassin.
But this sounded weird, and Cali had proven to be adaptable to weird situations.? It sounded perfect.
He had found a place of privacy and found himself moving through several katas before practicing his hand movements based upon he magics that he knew.? He could see why this was a place that his empire wanted.? Those here were weak with their sleepiness and their bonbon eating ways.? But he had been up since sunrise.? His secondary workout actually, this place was going to be the death of him for boardom alone!? With a one hand handstand, he balanced himself.? He cleared his head and he was just there as he he was in only his boot and pants.? He felt something, someone coming, the vibrations from the footsteps approaching.? He rolled to his feet as he pulled on his shirt and cloak and was looking out the window as if he had been standing there the whole time.
He turned to see, Otto standing there.? "Yes sir I will see her momentarily!"? He said as he looked at the man as he pulled off his cloak and put on his weapons before putting on his hood and cloak once more and he reported back to his queen moving stealthy as he moved to stepped into the room.??
"you summoned me my Queen.'? He came in with a bow.
(Tag Rayna)
