lived with regular people just with Sisters and Mothers 1 think I m going to have to invoke the calmness regimen every other minute1
She must have managed quite well on Kailain, though because the Bene Gessent Chapter House Grade Reports for 10149 and 10150 list Anuril as an honor student, and in 10151 she is listed as graduating with highest honors in literature and history
From 10152 through 10153, Anunl assisted the Mother Chamberlain for the Kaitain Chap ter House, but in 10154 she was sent to House Cornno as a concubine for the young Shaddam The journal entries for this period show an interesting, pleasant, but purely platomc relationship growing between the two young people Shaddam was interested in her music and poetry and Anunl was intrigued by his gem collection and his knowl edge of histoncal architecture and costuming The Padishah Emperor Elrood IX, however, was intrigued by Anunl's Gamont background and apparently insisted on tests and refresher lessons for himself I he journals show that as her friendship with the son grew, so did her hatred for the father In 10155, Shaddam took Anunl as his wife, pnmanly to protect her from his father s growing obsession, it seems, but m 10156 when Shaddam assumed the throne at his father s death no official recognition was given to Anunl Only after the birth of their first child Irulan m 10165 was she given official status
Children were the source of a Jong and eventually fatal conflict between Anunl and the Sisterhood Although there is no official information available about her actual rank (listed as Hidden Rank in all the available Bene Gessent records), it must have been at least Mater Acnor from the types of commu mcations noted in her journals after 10160 When she was sent to Shaddam her ongmal orders were to produce a minimum of four daughters for the Sisterhood But during the early jears of her stay Shaddam limited himself solely to social intercourse although his father demanded a more intimate rela-Uonship, forcing Anunl to practiLe stnct