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Vaelindra had tarried in the vestibule for only a moment before she followed the maid toward the chambers outfitted for members of the Prince's harem, her aide following a couple steps behind her as she opened the door to her own quarters to await her summons to the feast. The candlelight cast shadows across her gray face as she sat upon her bed and took in the extravagances of the room that Sana had said would await her, the room she had been told she would fulfill her duty to her house and to her prince and bear children for the furtherance of the Northern Kingdom like the other guests that had been called. Her curls shifted as her shoulders heaved with a sigh as her aide urged her to her feet to unwrap her traveling robes and she looked at the door... waiting. Vaelindra had seen the Prince in passing as he made rounds to ensure his guests were comfortable; he had seemed warm and pleasant enough but his attention seemed elsewhere. Had she really left Esl Belanore for this? Where was the welcome her matriarch had promised would await her? Vaelindra could only hope that the feast held the hospitality her mother had serenaded her with as she prepared to feast with the rest of the harem.