/-Zara-/

"Princess... you came to save me," I said slowly, understanding dawning. "Even though it meant exposing yourself, admitting your own deception..."

"You saved me first," Princess Sarai said simply. "This was the least I could do. And... stop with the formality. We're way past that now, Zara. You mean so much to me. You're literally the sister I never had."

I felt tears prick at my eyes. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet," Sarai said with a wry smile. "When my mother finds out what ...