She Rose from the Ashes

, my mother gave b

d a destiny of greatness, and while still in swaddl

h her with another baby. Thinking it was a game

rl suddenly appeared, tearfully claiming before my mother that sh

k at the Anderson household, I noticed

ants, gripped my hand tightly, and whispered, "Florrie, what

wrong? Did Betsy cause trouble again? Tell me

oment she was born, the royal astrologer declared she bore

to the crown prince, to enter

ised like a

ful and skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and

t whip to teach a lesson to spoile

princess, many families stayed silen

family, but no one co

e confined within palace walls for life. For

and had cleaned up her

her's face. "It's not Bets

n the kingdom. Unless my father or brother had suffered defeat, fled, or plott

rom them just days ago. The border

o return for B

proaching, I couldn't fa

a silver locket and

etsy isn't

at

iller? Then whos

amily for fifteen years been

g tales of intrigue, pa

. "Is Betsy a princess from a neighboring kingdom, brought back by Father from the border? Where

told you to stop reading those adventure books! What non