The View From Worldsbridge: A Road's Beloved Short Story - Road's Beloved, #3

In the distance, a traveler approaches Worldsbridge, bringing secrets and change. Etta, Queen of the Crossroads and ruler of the great city of Worldsbridge, wears her rank uncomfortably. Born in humble circumstances, consumed with loss, she fears she is not capable of becoming the queen the city needs and deserves. Worldsbridge, the great city where all roads meet, is truly many cities in many worlds, and Etta is responsible for all of them.
Neglected for a generation under the rule of a stagnant, mad king, the people of Worldsbridge will no longer stand for the rule of a useless leader.  Etta's fate is bound to the fate of Worldsbridge, and now she must prove before it is too late that she is the true Queen of a mysterious, magical city whose rules she has yet to understand.  "The View From Worldsbridge" is a Road's Beloved short story set in the legendary city of Worldsbridge.