The tan, young girl raised her hand.
“Armani,” the teacher called.
“The Treasury Reform Act of 1648,” the girl stated confidently, answering the teacher’s question.
“Very good,” the teacher cheered with a smile.
Armani Anderson was always a gifted girl privileged with intelligence, beauty, and grace, not to mention her knack for being the best at everything she tried. She took up horseback riding, archery, axe throwing, sheep herding, singing, the fiddle, and dancing and was the best of her class in each and every one of them—all before the age of 11. The best part about it for her was that she wanted to do those things; they were never forced upon her.
She enjoyed school and was eager to grow up so she could work as a botanist in one of the large cities recently developed near her ho
