CROWNED BY BLOOD
It was woven from moon-silver that seemed to glow with its own light and phoenix feathers that burned without consuming, a crown that represented unity rather than supremacy, service rather than rule, balance rather than power.
The elder of the witches, a woman whose face was hidden behind veils that shimmered like heat waves placed it upon Seraphina's brow with words that rang through the hall like bells: "Let this crown bind your purpose. Let it remind you that leadership is service, that power is responsibility, that the strong exist to protect the weak, not to rule them."
"Seraphina," they declared together wolves and witches, vampires and mortals, dragons and all the assembled represent