Vanessa also quickly reflected on just how pretty this young girl really was. Everyone who knew this young girl knew exactly where those good looks ca...e from. Janine’s mother was just one of those true platinum blondes that just always looked great no matter what she was wearing or how she had her hair. Her face was just so incredibly cute and her figure was just as incredibly cute and trim as well. Penny Carlyle also had super, shapely legs that were always appreciated by male and female alike. “She’s scared,” he whispered. The sound of trumpets announced the royal family’s arrival. As was custom, they all stood and bowed. Zak kept his eyes on Alluna. She also rose and turned to face the oncoming royal entourage. Queen Lukresh drifted in, her face devoid any warmth. Her white hair, as usual, was coiled up in an elaborate coif that looked more like a fusion between a beehive and a bird’s nest. Her dress this morning was confectioned of prickly looking vines, and leaves. The royal. He was still reluctant to talk of his deeds, to passing traveling gléamen or foreign skalds who yearned to hear the stories directly from the source, or harder still to the veterans that had fought under his command, that traveled to pay their respects to their reluctant commander, and to revisit the old battlefields.Just last fall and winter, a great series of memorials was held for each of the great battles of the war, the victories that Rowan had commanded, and the disastrous sieges where. Tom had invited Nell to spend the day with him and she was thrilled when Mary gave her permission to do so. They did join in the conversation in the car but held hands in the back throughout the journey. Tom reluctantly let go to help Becca with her suitcase.Becca let herself in, dropped her suitcase in the hall and called Steven."Hello, little one. Welcome home," he said emerging from his study and opening his arms. Becca hugged him tight and he her."We've had a lovely time but I missed you,".