“You are a high queen, Ashlynn. The matters of family in another country come after those of the people in your own. I understand.”

“You risk your life pretending to be her. When she dresses you up in her gowns and puts her crown on your head, she does it because there is danger to fear and she wishes to preserve her own life.”

“My big accomplishment for the day is finding the missing high king. I had forgotten how it is at high court - that the world ceases to turn when there is no one visibly on the throne.”