Zhinu drew to a stop again. Her shoulders heaved as she struggled to control her emotions. “You are powerful and talented, I’m sure,” she said. “But you are one woman. You are not here to protect me from threats outside the palace, or even from inside. Your real job is to protect me from myself. From my own goals and ambitions. You’re here to make sure I continue to play my part. I’m sure Grandfather has told you to keep me away from the library?”
“That has not been discussed,” Victory said. And that was one request she would have dismissed from Xian had it come up. If Xian thought he’d bought an expensive babysitter, he didn’t remember his Moon well at all. “So besides access to the library, what sort of physical training are you interested in? There is a lot we can do in the courtyard,
