Sarene is teaching the women of the court to fence. Apparently the Elantrians used to frown on combat, even consensual combat for sport. They sound like a right bundle of fun, then.
In an impromptu sparring session with Eondel, who lets her win so that she can save face, Sarene figures out that her political games are a matter of life and death.
She does to visit the local priest (the good kind, not Hrathen), and finds out she is supposed to do something for charity for her widow's trial. She also finds out that she did indeed get all Raoden's stuff, which I have been asking about since the beginning. How is this not the first thing she figured out?
She has a chat with her dad, who is considering surrendering to the Fjordells. Which makes the alliance forged by the marriage seem less worthwhile. Then again, it turns out Sarene was considered a hopeless spinster back home and needed to marry a foreigner anyway.
Sarene's dad is worried about a secret monastery that he hasn't been able to get his spies into. It's Dakhor. We happen to know, from seeing inside Hrathen's head, that there are ninja monks in training in there.
We finally find out the king's bad news: Wryn has been sinking his ship to make him poor, so he will look silly and lose power.
Sarene hears a funny noise inside her room. Or maybe inside one of her walls. Except it's an outside wall. Must be a secret passage then, and someone is spying on her. Naturally she dismisses it and goes to sleep.
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