That was the point, wasn’t it? Her life had changed. What had once been a crushing exodus from one kingdom to another, desperately providing for her and Amelia, had finally come full circle and achieved by chance in a few years what her mentor could not throughout the entirety of his life. Coming to Skymount had seen to that. The two princes had been as good as their word, better even, when she was brought before the king himself. Of course, the gratitude of royalty was one thing; the respect of knights was another, and more than a few aspirant knights of the kingdom were incensed that a lowly Cloud Knight had ascended so high as to become a royal knight and a part of the king’s personal guard.