Jack of Harts

History always repeats itself. Drew Keawe knows this with all the deep-seated understanding the heir of any Star Kingdom should have. Her own people were displaced by history for the better part of a century, so it has a personal meaning to her. And now that her people are back in charge of their own destinies, Drew intends to see it help her people the next time it comes around. That is why she has built so many alliances for her people in the decades after War’s End. I am one of them. We share a special friend, you see. Jasmine. She is the very best friend in all the worlds. She keeps us close, no matter how far away we travel. So there is always a Jack hanging around when Drew makes a public appearance. She is way too important to risk without the very best people in all the worlds at her side. I happen to think I’m one of them, and I will deal with anyone who hurts her. Not a threat. A promise.

Drew Keawe came out of the closet after War’s End. Her death had been widely known, her life a deep secret, and the things she did belonged to another name entirely. But she came home after War’s End and she returned to her old duties as a princess of the Star Kingdom of Hawaii. A genuine war hero, she had come back from the dead and everything. There were parades in her honor. Grown men and women threw themselves at her feet. There were even serious marriage proposals from a dozen Families. She turned them all down. I heartily approved of that. She was way better than any of them deserved. In my totally biased opinion of course. She helped lead Hawaii into a whole new world of possibilities in the decades that followed. Many of which most of us never dreamed of. She has changed the fortunes of entire worlds for the better. She’s pretty amazing like that.

Drew Keawe’s father was the king of the Star Kingdom of Hawaii, and he took her death real badly. So when Drew came back, the first place I insisted we go was to visit him. He deserved to know she was back, even if her being alive was still a closely guarded secret. It was a good thing we did, because he knew a lot more about what was going down back home than the rest of us did. I won’t say he was part of the problem, you understand, but he knew the people who were very well. And when I brought his daughter home to him, let’s just say that changed his mind on a great many things. Drew could be most persuasive, and the secrets she brought back were real world changers. She brought an entire Star Kingdom to our side when we needed them, and that changed everything.