Chapter 262

• Savvy
• I never thought I could be so clingy until Terona beat death and woke up just to give me the strength he always had. Leaving him behind to return to the stage and claim the crown was the hardest decision I I have ever made. I didn’t want to take my eyes off him. But I’d fought too long, too hard, for this moment. I deserved to be Queen.
• The flash of cameras was blinding, yet I held my ground before the crown. It stood proudly before me, crafted from the rarest diamonds, stunning and majestic. The Queen Makers approached, gently offering me the microphone.