"Horse-faced is fine," Belem suddenly interjected. "If you can get a valuable alliance out of it, there's still a benefit to marrying her."
He was suddenly reminded of his wife, the one with the pockmarked face. The marriage had gotten him nine of the Count of Blois's manors in England.
"Maybe when my father was alive, but now?" Shansi said doubtfully.
"You're the king now," Eric reminded him.
Of course, Eric didn't believe he was actually a king. But Shansi did, so Eric played along.
Because it was amusing.
"Right!" Shansi said. "So someone will definitely want to marry Zahra, even if she's not pretty!"
"Does she really look like a horse?" Eric asked with a smile.
