*Aurora*

I sat staring at my reflection for far too long. I wasn't trying to be vain. I just wanted to look perfect. Jonah had stressed to me over and over again that being royal meant appearing perfect. It was the reason he spent so much money getting his look fine-tuned, so he could present himself to the world exactly as he wanted to be seen.

I hadn't yet spent the money on the surgeries and procedures that Jonah had. But when I was queen, I would. When I was ...