That should have been our priority, but instead, we lingered here because of a human. The heir’s soft spot for the human girl irked me — one of several signs she would never measure up to the Last Queen or even the previous Elven Heir. The Last Queen had named Gloriana’s mother Nuala as her heir, a clever Elf with grace and a ruthless cunning that her daughter didn’t seem to possess. If Gloriana ever hoped to rule the Fae, she needed significant guidance.