She turned her head slowly, and with only a single pointed look, the girl slouched, face sullen. She obediently folded her hands in front and didn't speak another word, moving to take her place behind the royal couple, standing next to her siblings.
At least Quinlan's table was as close to hers as one could reasonably expect.
The herald at the door raised his staff.
"Announcing the arrival of the Duskmere family!"
Quinlan's attention sharpened as the new figures entered, dressed in black and silver garments woven with shining moon-like thread and trimmed in the dusky purples of the western isles.
