The two cousins exchanged a quick glance, both disturbed. They had never seen anyone with a skin color this close to their mothers' before. There had been a brief trend about women trying to lighten their skin, but it wasn't anything like they were witnessing now. This woman by the King's side was clearly mixed, like them, and more fair-skinned than dark. Although her hair was more likely to be artificially tainted, she couldn't fake her skin color so easily, nor how her traits were reminiscent of a long-forgotten race of people, the same race both Tessa and Cessilia were descendants of.
The Rain Tribe.
"Welcome, Your Highness," she said with that beautiful smile, "...and... I suppose I'm talking to the famous traitor, Sir Yassim. It must have been a long journey back from the Dragon Em
