Aurella

Still, Aurella was too much a lady of the royal court to not first think of the political maneuvering in Jet's proposal rather than the romantic possibilities.

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In a single, swift, graceful movement, Lady Aurella rose, leaving her fancy work behind her on the chair.

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"Jet Shield plays his own games," Aurella said dryly.

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When Aurella contracted an illness similar to that which had rendered Queen Elexa sterile, he had resigned himself to not having sons, acting instead as a second father to Purcel, who was as similar to his bookish father as Elise was like Ivon.

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When Elise glanced at Aurella she saw no sorrow, no unexplained tears upon her mother's cheek, only a stern countenance lit brightly from within by pride.

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"The other young people are getting on quite well," Aurella said, nothing in her voice giving away her awareness that something like this must have been the entire reason for the outing.

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"And for your father and me as well," Aurella reminded her.

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Aurella said that she thought that Melina chose names for her children only after they were born and some moon-spans grown.

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Since Elise was an only child, Aurella had spent much time with her rather than delegating the more routine matters of her daughter's upbringing to a nursemaid as was more typical in noble houses.

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Aurella was sitting by a round window through which sunlight spilled, transforming the embroidery thread spread across her lap into silken gems.

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