Aria Vale
We plan the announcement for that evening during dinner, when the entire academy will be gathered. Lucian insists we need witnesses, lots of them, to make it impossible for his father to spin the situation differently.
I spend the afternoon in my room, which I've finally been allowed to return to, trying to calm my nerves. Sierra helps me choose what to wear, pulling out the nicest clothes I own, a simple dark blue dress that somehow looks better on me now than it did a week ago.
"Your whole appearance has changed," she observes, studying me critically. "Your features are sharper, more defined. Your eyes are brighter. Even the way you carry yourself is different."
I look in the small mirror above my dresser. She's right. The girl looking back at me is recognizable but transfo
