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Saeryn should have known Eodwine’s thoughts as well as he guessed hers, but she was not bent on understanding him now and she did not care to guess that he pre-empted her forth-coming request.
Saeryn did not desire to go alone to their rooms. She thought that she would stand more chance if Rowenna were with her, knowing that in her she had an ally. Alone, Eodwine would be less likely to listen. She thought she understood men. They were stronger and more overbearing than a woman, even in arguments of words and not of physical strength. They did not like listening to women telling them they ought to do, and as Saeryn was Eodwine’s wife, of course he would expect her to submit. But perhaps with Rowenna there, he would see that Saeryn was perhaps right.
“Might we not stay here, where Rowenna at least can be with us?”
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