Aery flinched visibly from the question. "Yes, ma'am. My name isn't actually what I told you earlier, Aery Tailor? That's just my city name. I'm really called Aerienna Silverheart. My uncle is the king, which means that I am a princess, I think I'm tenth in line to the throne now. Ma'am, I never meant to deceive you, honestly. But would you have talked to me ever if you'd known?" Her hand that wasn't holding Ame twisted in her skirts anxiously.