#Chapter 218

Violet’s POV Today was a historic day. Never in our country’s history had there been a High Queen. We had had all sorts of regular queens: the wives of High Kings, the support for the true ruler. But never had a woman been named the primary leader of our country. It was also the first time since the passing of the Unlawful Magic Charter that someone with magic wore the crown – possibly the first time ever. Not that the country knew that though. I sat on the throne that stood a couple inches taller than the one next to it, the one where Theo sat. A vast audience lay before us in the grand throne room: every territory’s Alpha, their families, their Betas. Theo and I had donned the royal capes before entering the room, and they now lay fanned out beneath us as we sat on our new thrones. The High Priest and Priestess approached from the crowd, up the three steps to the dais where Theo and I sat. I had wondered which one of them would crown me. My entire life, I had witnesse