Quickly after the Council meeting was adjourned, Aster got up to leave. He’d been wearing this costume for far too long, and wished to be rid of it and in something far more casual. Rowan walked him quietly back to his chambers.

“Think I made an impression?” Aster chuckled as he began to take his jewelry off.

Rowan gave him a muted smirk back and a knowing side-eye. “You catch the way the King was glaring at you the whole time? Not sure ‘impression’ is ...