So same procedure as in every chapter .

Disclaimer: No nothing out of the Tamora Pierce Books is mine.

Comments: @ Fire Mage: well, did you read the Emperor Mage? Because Daine is really upset when she recognized the relationship between Numair and this Cartaki Cooking mage (what was her name??) She was angry about finding the handkerchief of this she-mage in Numairs room, so how will she react when she actually find him, bedding another woman?

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Chapter 14:

Everyone was really busy. Susan was upset and often lost in her thoughts. She was late often and hardly gets something done. She cursed herself, where were her rational senses. She was so good at being rational. What had happened to it? The first charming man who was not afraid of her and she fell for him. For a dammed one night stand. How did she become such an idiot?

Numair was upset too. He was sure Daine would never look at him again. He was sure, she would never ever speak with him again. He was sure he would not see her beside official Council meetings with the King. He felt terrible, and all that just because of a dammed one night stand. Well yes, he had a crush on Susan but he wanted to have Daine, care for Daine, touch Daine and love Daine. None of the females spoke with him. Not Daine, not Susan, not Onua, nor Alanna or Angua.

Daine worked hard convincing the horses of the need of staying patient near the immortals. She also trained hard with the riders and was searching for immortals with her senses. She was glad to have so much work. She hardly had any time for herself. She tried not to think about what had happened, she had ever known that Numair would fall for an older woman than her. She had just hoped he would love her, after the happenings in Carthak. She remembered his speech to the emperor, the lecture he gave Kaddar, him staying and searching for her. Him just making fuss of her, caring for her after she had destroyed the palace. She winced, she should not think about it now, there were more important facts.

Onua was angry with Numair. She knew him well enough to see the signs. And she saw signs before the two of them left for Carthak. And Alanna told her the rest. She didn't know how he could have hurt Daine this way. He had helped her at a time when her former husband had hurt her.

Alanna was first furious with Numair. But then she remembered her own past. She had known that George loved her, but she bedded Jon. And then after she had left Jon, she bedded George until he left for Corus. On her journey to the roof of the world she had bedded the Shang Dragon, but in the end she married George. Oh George, how she loved him. She hoped things would go right with Daine and Numair in a certain amount of time.

//Chaos was angry. She had never considered that these mortals would see through her plans. They had not only won against her immortal force at the Palace Grounds, no they had nearly killed the whole army she had sent. And they were preparing themselves against a war now. Not only against a war with the Immortals, no also one with her mortal army. She thought she would have the palace by now, and the seers would all be to busy to recognize the upcoming forces. Her plans were slowly turning into pieces. What a chaos. Well actually she was chaos, and wants to turn over the other gods, and bring chaos into the world, but she hated chaos in her plans.//

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