"Being an heir counts for about as much in my world. Sure, I'm an heiress, but I'll never actually inherit anything. Have to make my own way. Not sure what that will be yet but it definitely won't involve conquering anyone, that's for sure."

Being something of her own, someone important or someone who didn't need her mother's name to get by. That was the goal. Something more than a daughter of a dynasty. She bites her lip and pulls at her long tunic.

"I'm so tired of orange."