Tanya kept an expression of royal composure on her face until the last woman left the room, then sunk against the back of the door. "That was well done," Chloe said, approaching from the side of the room where she had been watching the proceedings. Tanya rubbed her forehead. "I still do not know why it is me who has to do this. I am not the one who fought my evil brother in order to become a ruler." An evil brother pouting in the dungeon for at least the next millennia, Tanya thought. Only Alexander believed that Ryan could someday change that had stayed his execution for treason. Chloe gave Tanya a pat on the shoulder that would have been heavy enough to bruise if Tanya would have still been a human. "You are a natural. and you are learning the rest. Alexander is out getting to know t

