The invitation came on our third day at the Ebony Tower, carried up by a messenger in a uniform so crisp it could have stood up on its own. Kali wanted us at the Maelkith estate for dinner. Since I was a guest on her continent, it wasn't the kind of invitation you declined.
"Her family carries a lot of weight out here," Jin said as the car wound through the hills outside the capital. His parents were still away on their diplomatic trip, which left him free to accept dinners without half a dozen protocol officers attached. "Kali plays it down."
"How far down?"
He just smiled.
