Seraphina's POV
A few days earlier...
I stared at my reflection in the mirror, the scissors trembling in my hands. My red hair, falling in messy waves past my shoulders, had always been a part of who I was—Seraphina Hook, the quiet, unassuming girl from Aldoria—but now? Now I wasn't Seraphina Hook. I was Seraphina Vale, the princess of Elmeria.
I glanced over at the room I now called mine, still struggling to believe that this was actually happening to me. It was all still so surreal. I had woken up just hours ago to find myself in this room, in this life.
At first, I thought it was a dream, but when I pinched myself hard enough to leave a bruise, the truth hit me: this wasn't a dream.
