ELRETH
Her heart hadn't stopped pounding all evening. She'd barely been able to eat, but she'd received the people that approached her as best she could. For the meal, Dargyn was at her right again, Gwyn at her left. Rak next to Dargyn, and Huncer with Gwyn, to represent the council.
Lhorn, who'd taken over for Brant in the Elders and Security Council during her father's reign, sat alongside Rak, though he looked less than impressed being seated next to the young males and she suspected he would retreat from the stage as soon as the Cohorts were called.
She didn't know what was wrong with her. She wasn't usually nervous about speaking to groups. But not only did her heart pound so hard she could hear it in her ears, she was having trouble breathing deeply.
