Disclaiming Banner: I do not own ALTA, but I do get the urge to listen to Emilie Autumn sometimes in the middle of an episode...
Kin
Sometimes, she almost understood what it must mean to be family for others. When that look came across Zuzu's face, and she turned her teasing away from her own pleasure to his own good. It would be soon enough and he would understand that she was the natural choice for succession.
Other times, when Father smiled just for her and said she had done well. It would only be a few years, and then he would stop comparing her with her brother.
Some day, she would look into the mirror, and see her mother look back without fear.