The crown had fallen out of grace with many people so we set about trying to get back into people’s good books without the help of the crown. A big part of me hated the king for leaving his messes to Zion and until then, I didn’t see why a lot of Southerners didn’t regard him as they should a king. He didn’t understand responsibility.
We had the issue of mishandled wealth by two generations of kings and Zion’s lack of inheritance, coupled with mismanaged public funds. Not only did they need to get back in the graces of those that mattered, but they also had to do it on their terms.
Here Ariana came in. The daughter of Alpha Baltimore, the heir to the Baltimore empire, her family had the allies Zion needed. It didn't hurt that she had a lot of money to her name that became Zion's too by m
