Chapter 12

The morning of my coronation, I was strangely calm. Thinking about what was going to happen step by step helped me not to lose my mind. Cora had explained to me in detail everything that was going to happen: first I was going to be crowned in a formal ceremony here at the castle, then I was going to go out in a carriage through the streets of Dranda so people could see their new queen, after that I was coming back to the castle to have a big celebration with the members of the court, the party was going to last all day and at midnight there was going to be fireworks. The idea of having an entire kingdom celebrating me was intimidating but at the same time made me feel proud. For the first time in my life, I felt special.

I made sure I looked impeccable more than ten times before leaving my room, Cora accompanied me to the antechamber of the room where the coronation ceremony was going to take place and there we waited patiently f