“Show them how a queen can rule.”

Casimir’s words were imprinted on Shani’s soul at that very moment. They nestled and made a home in her heart.

And suddenly she felt it beat stronger.

I will be a Luna, she thought with her blood pulsing with the promise of her own determination. I will rise above my misfortune. I will make fortune from misfortune. I will make a home for other lonely misfits. And I won’t let anything stop me.

She knew she had to be confident ...