The introductions echoed through the hall. The prince did not need to shout or raise his voice for his words to travel into the ears of those in the hall. They did so, with magic.
Word of Prince Firron's return had reached the royal family a week before his arrival. They had been waiting to meet the princess, Firron's first official bride. Among those waiting to meet her were his secret mistresses, four female mages whose existence was not so secret to the royal family.
Firron's ambitions were not a secret. He had not targeted the female mages accidentally. They were all commoners, the most he could get out of them were children with magic in their blood. But he could never wed them.
The position of a wife was reserved for a princess that was a mage. She had to be from a great kingdom too, one strong enough to help Firron in his fight for the throne of the wind.
