SERAPHINA’S POV

The following days breeze by too fast, and the inauguration ceremony is finally upon us.

The venue is the school's banquet hall—a space I'd forgotten we had—currently transformed to accommodate the entire school body and all the awaiting guests.

It's about to begin.

I'm about to be officially welcomed into a world I never thought could be within my reach, and in front of a thousand students and some officials, no less.

And here I am, in the girls' bathroom, staring at ...