**Iduna—Christian Reindl, Lucie Paradis**
"I might as well be out with it. The King, your father, has issued a memorial to all the sea Lords. He will be in Thalor before Thalor's second ball to personally prepare for the meeting."
The Queen's response was a tilt of her head as she measured up his cousin who was frankly, the tallest man in the room. "Is this one of your ridiculous jokes, Aeron?"
But for all Aeron's light hearted behaviour, Ember was sure that this was not a matter that the man would dare joke about. After all, everyone in the Velandris' family knew intimately well of the hostility that existed between the Queen and her father. A hostility Ember dared say that she still had no knowledge of the root.
"I dare not joke about such a matter." Aeron answered grimly, "I set out once the news reached us from our family spies. His Tidal Grace keeps it a secret for now. And he will be making the journey with the four Warden Princes as I've heard."
