Jade Harley lay half asleep among the flowers of the greenhouse, baking in the warm sun and smell of plant life. She’d been dozing there lightly for the better part of an hour.

The truth was that half asleep was the best kind of sleep. Half asleep meant that she could enjoy resting without being pulled into a dream that was just like being awake.

Even if she was a princess in the dream. It didn’t mean anything. She hadn’t earned it. It was just an empty title as far as she knew. She hadn’t even had to conquer anything.