Chapter 2More princesses and princes came and went. Sometimes they had raven-black hair and silver crowns; sometimes they possessed strawberry-blonde curls and crystal tiaras; sometimes they smiled enchantingly, with hair like spun moonlight and circlets of sapphire. All of them professed their adoration of Arthur, of the palace, of the prettiness of Starskeep. Some did so with more polish than others, but they all very obviously had a certain goal in mind, and they were eager to pursue it.
The tall and graceful Prince Peredan of the Glass Islands had lovely eyelashes and smooth dark skin and the muscles of someone who’d grown up on the ocean, amid boats and waves; he was clever, and offered flattering words, and bowed over Arthur’s hand with almost enough grace to hide his disappointment
