He was my mate, my partner, my love leader of the Confederacy, leader of us all. He treated me like something borrowed, something breakable, something he could hand off when the mood struck him. Maybe he was drunk, maybe that’s the kinder version. But I won’t be passed around, I won’t be given away. And when he hit me, the world went very still. So I ran but I could not escape I am the First Princess, Heir to Clan Camelin. First wedded to the Emperor first in all things. But now I’m first to fall, first to lose my footing, first to learn what breaks. Pirates caught me, pulled me apart with their eyes, tested the edges of my honour, threatened Rygol, like it was nothing. And one of them, just one man, stepped between me and the rest. Said he wouldn’t let them sell me. Said it like a promise I don't know what to believe, Because I know my value, when I am chained. I am the First Princess, Heir to Clan Camelin. First wedded to the Emperor first in all things. Now I’m first to be lost, first to be carried off, first to be unmade. The ship tumbled, spun itself into the void, and now we’re nowhere, so far from home, the stars don’t even match. I am the First Princess, Heir to Clan Camelin. First wedded to the Emperor first in all things. First to fall, first to be broken open, first to disappear. Will I be first to be found will we be found will we?
