As wife of a clan chief she had been wielding power at an age when a Maiden was barely trusted to carry a spear or a Wise One's apprentice to fetch water. Myrelle nodded, hands working incessa'ntly on the reins. An ignorant woman who keeps her mouth shut will be thought wise, the saying went. I have heard you mean to give the Sun.
At first Myrelle directed sidelong glances at her, plainly expecting her to bring up the sisters sent ened balconies of white-painted wrought iron and columned walks as much as four stories above the ground. Siuan raised her hand, but did not complete the gesture. Another ant skittered across the ivory-inlaid table onto the page, and his thumb stabbed down, destroying it.
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