It’s not unusual for Aria to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the wee hours of the morning, but today, she’s practically buzzing with anticipation even before dawn breaks. For the first time in the ninety-some odd years she’s been queen, she’ll be performing the rites in front of an audience. How fitting that the audience should be some of the people closest to her.
Five of them, in fact: Chai, Vee, Davis, Adrien, and Akira, all there to bear witness to something that has never before graced mortal eyes. She’ll dread spending time in the Nevernever a little less, with them there, and she’ll be damned if it isn’t something to remember.


















