Lest I Hurt You | Maladh and Aravis
She has only seen him once, twice, perhaps. Either times, it was from afar. He, a loyal servant to the Tisroc, was always surrounded by the light songs of armlets and bracelets striking one another, their owners dressed in extravagant clothes that could humiliate her finest dress. Such a man was busy, squandered with praise and good fortune till he could afford to have them sewn into a grand cloak that he could wear on his many journeys, such as the one he was attending to in the castle of Anvard.
Maladh Tarkaan of Tashbaan sat amongst lords and ladies, but his very presence alone smothered the northern titles, stripping the pale men and women of their identities and painting them with gaunt appearance of those of base birth. His feet, planted on the floor, delivered ripples with his regal and terrible aura.
Seeing he was not engaged in a conversation, Aravis slid her words through her fingertips as she strode to him. "It is uncommon for a Calormene of your rank to be inside these walls."