Veridia: Interlude VI

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Jia stood outside the hall and steeled herself. She hoped she was right that Sun wasn't home, and hoped that Aunt Wenna hadn't changed her usual routine recently.

She had been studiously avoiding their hall—she no longer had a reason to visit at all, really—but Xiuying had been, with great coaxing and wheedling on Jia's part, reporting any news that Senovara passed to her. And Xiuying said that Senovara said that Sun and the prince wouldn't have their wedding in Veridia, but somewhere his family could easily attend, perhaps in Evervale or off at Acornhill. The place mattered less to Jia's plans than who was attending.
( help, i'm still at the restaurant, still sitting in a corner i haunt )