Concubine?!

Unfortunately, Talori didn't have as much time as she would have anticipated to tell her brother about everything that she had learned. He was far busier now than he had been before since he was dealing with all of the handover problems still. 

On top of that, he had to deal with planning his wedding. Since when was he getting married?!

"I may not like it but I do need an heir, Tali," Zale sighed when she confronted him about it. "Aila played a vital role in deposing Nerida and Merrick and I figured this was the best way to take care of two problems at once."

That was so clinical. Which was, admittedly, a very Zale thing to do but still…

"You really couldn't think of a better way to reward her than making her your wife? Do you even know her?" Talori demanded.