Four Months Later
Layla
If it had depended on me, I would have sat in the back. But since Varian asked so nicely, I was seated at the center of the first row, a few feet from the dais steps, where he was with his mother and Mahaeru.
Varian was able to delay his coronation for four months, but his mother wouldn’t have it anymore. She knew he had been doing it on purpose, so she went ahead and organized everything. All Varian had to do was show up to his coronation.
My chest swelled with pride as I watched Mahaeru take the crown from Queen Natsia and placed it on Varian’s head.
“I give you King Varian of the Summer Court,” the goddess said, her voice ringing loud across the hall.
The guests clapped and cheered. Their contentment bled into me and I smiled wide with them, happy to share
