SELENA POV

It has been three weeks since the announcement and almost a full month since I arrived in the empire. In a strange way, it feels both longer and shorter. Longer because so much has happened, so many emotions, so many changes, so much pressure, yet shorter because everything moved so fast that I barely had time to breathe. But despite everything, I’ve adjusted to life in the empire better than I expected.

My days have become a routine of discipline and growth. Morning training with ...