Kerra's questions and demands grew less heated and intelligent as the liquor took effect, and her eyes drooped. The Regent summoned a bard to strum a lute and hum soft tunes, lulling the Queen further into an inebriated stupor. Chiana sat and worried about what might be happening to Redgard and her loyal advisors, but decided to stay with the Queen, even after she passed out.Dismissing the bard, she waited for dusk, wishing the day would pass more quickly, and with it the threat of complete disaster. By the time the sun sank in red-gold splendour outside her windows, her nerves were raw and her stomach a sour knot. The closer nightfall came, with its promise of redemption in the form of a slim black-clad killer, the more nervous she grew that Endor would appear and ruin everything. His continued absence filled her with hope that he had drunk himself under the table, and now snored on a couch somewhere.At supper time, she roused the Queen and persuaded her eat a little food, not wanting her to be drunk when Blade came.
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