CHAPTER 23
Edern had dressed with care in the morning. He wanted to look reassuring and in command for all the Edgewood people who’d been living in darkness for so long.
He knew his own disinclination to rule made him rather different from others in his family. Gwyn had always been tougher, but they’d reached an accommodation over the centuries that suited them both. These last several days had been very hard on him, and he appreciated the work of Cadugan, Ceridwen, and Eluned in taking as much of it as possible out of his hands. Still, these people were in his care, as custodian for his grandson (don’t think about him not coming back, he told himself), and all his breeding made that a sacred responsibility for him, one he didn’t intend to shirk.
The speech was scheduled for the afterno
