"I understand why you hate the law that pushed you aside the moment your brother was born. Spending fifteen years being raised as the future ruler only to suddenly be told that your gender makes you less worthy of inheriting the throne would make anyone angry, but murdering Tarian only lets you benefit from the same rule you claim to despise."
Ning looked around.
"If you really believe the system is wrong, then maybe you should start fighting that system instead, and if you actually manage to change it, you might still become Queen without needing your brother to die."
Elowen remained silent, her expression shifting through several emotions that Ning could not be bothered to interpret completely. She had spent most of her life resenting Tarian for something that had never truly been his decision.
