" William's motive was to see for himself what Baytar was like and perhaps Prince Felix II could charm her in his domain where he failed to do so on h...s visits to Morathia.By now the snows mostly melted leaving the roads muddy which made travel difficult. What was supposed to be a five day trip, took nine. Many times the wagons following the Princess got bogged down in the mire and had to be physically pulled out by levers and pure muscle. Each night the Princess' tent was put up with a small. " I watched as he erased his work and started doing it the way I showed him. I glanced over his head to find Paul standing there, stirring something and grinning at me. He winked and turned away. Davey got the problem right and he thanked me profusely. It almost felt like he wanted to hug me, but it was too soon for that — if it was ever to happen at all.Paul and I got engaged and set a date for the small ceremony. He asked Davey to be his best man. We were married a month after Davey's. "One!!!"The boardwalk was a beehive of activity, a great contrast to the serene solitude of the wilds to which Shaasta was much more accustomed. The walks were a veritable river of people, folk from all over Niath, all bustling about on personal business or taking in the sights, or allowing themselves to be drawn into one of a great variety of shops that lined the wood-paved roadway. Many large ships floated in the cool salty waters, moored securely to the docks, ships as diverse as the people. I was in a daze. She got up and walked over to me, honey, honey she said giving me a slight shake. What babe I mumbled, are you ok she asked. Yeah babe Im fine Do you want to leave she asked, it just didnt register to me and I muttered something that didnt make sense. She walked back over to Paul and said, I dont know, you wont try anything funny will you? Just a look, it will give me something to beat off to tonight when you two leave. Carol looked back at me one more time and said just a.