““She was avoiding specific mention of the thing that was on all their minds. Archer spoke plainly. “Will the king or the prince be a danger to Fire?” Roen didn’t pretend not to understand. “I will speak to Nash and Brigan, and I’ll introduce her to them myself.” Archer was not soothed. “Will they be a danger to her?” Roen regarded him for a moment in silence, and then turned her eyes to Fire. Fire saw sympathy there, possibly even apology. “I know my sons,” she said, “and I know Fire. Brigan will not like her, and Nash will like her overly. But neither of them will be too much for her to handle.””
