You have no army to protect your assets, and you need assets to create an army. XXX I felt my hands and legs being bound together, then the humans roughly picked me up and threw me into the back of a caged carriage. My ears rang, I saw stars, my head met the cobblestones. When we came back, we were two different people, but neither of us was…” I gestured to myself, “…me, if that makes sense. “You’re right, of course.” I muttered, “I’m not nearly ready to be the ruler of a kingdom. My wrists were raw, and I welcomed the caress of the cool air, but it was a token relief in the wake of my mounting anxiety. “Well, that fantasy you have about my dearest elder sister for one.” I grinned, “The one where she’s recently been crowned queen,
