“Stand up straight. Rest your hand against the corner of your mouth,” Violet instructed.

She was at the back of the palace giving Jasmine an archery lesson as promised. The younger girl was not a natural, but Violet hadn’t been either when she first started.

“Like this?” Jasmine looked back proudly and let her arrow fly without aiming.

The barb arched through the sky and landed in one of the bushes lining the range.

“Oops.”

Jasmine’s frame ...