Tehr re-read both notes very carefully.  Then he re-read them again.  He was aware that the conversation at the table had stopped and that Alex, Rosalyn, and Christina were all watching his face for signs of his intent.  But he had to be clear about this, he had to make sure he knew what this meant.  He knew that House Saari and House Wynt were on good terms, but there was something… inscrutable… about them.  Not that he didn’t trust them, because he did.  He felt like they were working towards similar goals.  If there was one thing you could count on from other houses it was support when your goals were aligned with theirs.  But still they were a bit mysterious, especially for the size and power they wielded.  He was also not so foolish as to dismiss the off hand comment of his apprentice.  Alex was a keen woman, even though she most often wore the guise of a male nobleman.  For her to comment that the house was dangerous meant that the changeling knew of their reputation as well.  While Alex was his apprentice, that didn’t mean that the changeling was inexperienced.<br/><br/>Tehr nodded his head as he read the notes a fourth time before sighing and setting down the papers and looking around the table.<strong>“There is a gala on the house Saari ship ‘Tidechaser’ four days hence.  I was given leave to bring guests and I think that it might be wise to discuss this with you four.”<br/></strong><br/>He glanced towards the door to the kitchen, currently closed, and wondering if servants ears might be pressed against the door, but ultimately deciding it didn’t matter.  “<strong>You three are my trusted confidants, and that should come as no surprise, but as Alex says, the house Saari can be a dangerous group to deal with.  But if it is a high society gala, I think it behooves me to attend.  Likewise I think that it might be good for my sister,” </strong>he gestured at Christina, who had been doing well to insinuate herself into courtly society over the last few months, and had started to become quite the rumor and gossip mill, a veritable fount of information.<strong>“To attend as well, to show the full support of house Wynt.  While it wouldn’t be too untowards for a brother to escort his sister, it would look better if we arrived with our own dates.”</strong><br/><br/>He nodded to Alex,<strong> “I’d like you, Alex ir’Hesfal to accompany my sister as her date for the evening as well as my apprentice in training.”  Then turning to Rosalyn he added, “and mayhaps if the beautiful lady Rosalyn would adorn my arm, she might shed her radiance upon me for the evening in question?”  he hastily added, “It certainly wouldn’t hurt your reputation overly much.”</strong><br/><br/>He paused and added,<strong>“Of course, I need to confer with the queen first.  I don’t know if she is attending, but my duties as prince consort would require me to be at her beck and call for this event first and foremost.  But since I just came from the palace this morning, I think I can hold off another visit till tomorrow.  And it won’t hurt us to get our ducks in a row incase she is not planning on attending.  What say you three?”</strong><br/>