"Daddy?" Al dropped his hands to the table, leaning forward in surprise. "You're the king's daughter?!"

What she'd said the other day about the trust between rulers and the people suddenly made a lot more sense, but the news still caught Al off guard. Amelia might have been more regal-seeming than Ling and Mei, but really, a crime-fighting princess who travels around in search of injustice? The very concept struck him as surreal.