Chapter 23 You've Failed Me

• The show ended in a flurry of applause and flashing lights. Seraphina stepped off the runway, her chest rising and falling, adrenaline surging through her veins. She had done it. Against the sabotage, against the odds,she had walked with her head held high, and the world had seen her.
• Around her, assistants buzzed, photographers begged for pictures and stylists whispered excitedly about her gown. They had been so panicked before. Models she had never spoken to before touched her arm with wide smiles, congratulating her as though she had been one of them all along.
• From the shadows, Bianca watched.