Alaera curtsied low, knowing her place. "Your highness. Thank you for your welcome." She carefully moved closer and curtsied again, staying low, with her eyes on his shoulders not his face. She was wishing she had dressed up even more but she would for dinner with him tonight, he really was as vain as she had been told. She would have to be certain she could be looked at as an addition to his collection, something to be carried around just to have another jewel. That would be easy enough, she was a beautiful, a woman that any man could crave. She gave him enough time to look down upon her before slowly rising and finally meeting his gaze with hers. At least he was handsome, she could look him in the eyes and not feel her stomach turn. She would be able to bed him without cringing. She waited quietly though, letting him decide what sort of position she should take. here was only so much her father told her, the rest she had to learn on her own.