Amali arched an eyebrow. "Using your wife as an excuse to not accept a personal invitation from royalty isn't very nice, you know," she said with a warm smile and a playful tone. "We will be just fine one night for you to meet with the queen."
Kheel hopped from foot to foot. "Bring back stories of her, Daddy!" she said. "We can learn a song for her when she gets to visit the elder some day!"
The other girls loudly voiced enthusiastic agreement with the idea, starting to beg their father to bring them stories and help them write a song for the queen.
Amali smiled at them, then looked up at Kass. "Now it looks like you don't get a choice at all," she said. "Hurry and pack, you don't have much time to get there."