Queen Isabel

The Queen’s court sits in a palace of pale stone perched high above a sprawling river valley. The walls are newly polished yet still carry the weight of centuries, etched with tapestries of her ancestors. Though the throne room is vast, with towering windows spilling gold light across the floor, it feels almost too large for her—a girl’s delicate figure dwarfed by the enormity of a crown meant for older rulers the kingdom is called Nesara and she is 20