Summary
Delaunay’s household prepares to attend Cecile’s fête. Alcuin in particular is carefully dressed as Delaunay plans auction his virginity at the fête. The fête is held at Cecile’s home, close to the route of the triumph. Phèdre watches the procession, seeing for the first time King Ganelon and his granddaughter and heir, Ysandre. During the procession she meets Gonzago de Escobares, the former teacher of Delaunay during his studies in Tiberium. Phèdre also manages to draw the attention of some of Delaunay’s enemies, Childric d’Essoms and Solaine Belfours. As the night progresses, Cecile begins the auction for Alcuin, where he draws the unheard of price of six thousand ducats from Vitale Bouvarre.
As Alcuin departs with Bouvarre, Cecile strikes up the music. Delauney introduces Phèdre to Thelesis de Mornay, the King’s Poet, who declaims the lines about Kushiel’s Dart. The entire party then knew just who and what Phèdre was.
Characters Returning
- Phèdre nó Delaunay
- Anafiel Delaunay
- Alcuin nó Delaunay
- Cecile Laveau-Perrin
- Prince Baudoin de Trevalion
- Duc Isidore d’Aiglemort
- Melisande Shahrizai
- Gaspar Trevalion, Comte de Fourcay
Characters Introduced
- Lord Childric d’Essoms
- Ganelon de la Courcel, King of Terre D’Ange
- Ysandre de la Courcel, Dauphine of Terre D’Ange
- Princess Lyonette de Trevalion
- Duc Marc de Trevalion
- Gonzago de Escabares
- Marquise Solaine Belfours
- Lord Chavaise
- Mierette nô Orchis
- Vitale Bouvarre
- Thelesis de Mornay, the King’s Poet
- Chevalier Gideon Landres
- Madame Dufreyne
Locations
- City of Elua
- Cecile Laveau-Perrin’s Town House
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