Chapter 147

Sienna's POV

Dawn of The Ancient Rites.

The dawn came much too quickly. the day is finally here. The palace was unusually quiet and I didn't expect less, every stone in this foundation knows what this day is meant to be

I stood before the tall, gilded mirror in Kieran's chamber, my reflection staring back at me with wide and anxious eyes. I hardly recognized myself. My body trembled faintly, though I tried to still it.

Valerie’s gentle hands smoothed down the fitted black leather suit on my body. “It’s only the underlayer,” she whispered, her voice soft with encouragement, though her eyes showed that she was worried.

Harper stepped forward next, her fingers adjusting the crimson ceremonial robe being draped around me. It was impossibly elegant. Its hem has celestial patterns which we