She sighed, eyes turning to the window, and the storm outside.
The thunderstorm continued to rage on, and she couldn't help but feel a bit of anxiety, watching the lightning flash in the darkness of the room. Her husbands were all around, but it didn't ease the anxiety she felt. She didn't even know why she was so anxious, but she was.
Maybe she was worried about the crops. Or about the tournament. Or.
Maybe she was worried about Alexander and his gardens, and the stress the storm was putting him under. The man was clearly worried about his plants, although he tried to hide it from her. He always tried to hide it from her when he was worried, or stressed, or hurting.
He never wanted her to feel bad for him.
He was a rock. A powerful man who projected control as much or more than all her other husbands. Despite that mild-mannered surface of his, she'd come to associate him with a hardness and power that was quite unyielding.